JACK SMITH 
 
 Civil War Collection-London 1950 ef.seq 
 
• Cheape and good 
 
 FOR 
 
 The wdl-Orderi'ag of ail Bealls and Fowks^aKd. 
 fos the general! Cure of their Difeafes t 
 
 Containing theNatures, Breeding, Choice, life, Feeding, 
 and Curing of the difeafes of all manner of Cartel! as Korfe i * 
 
 Oxe } Cow, Sheene, Goats, Smnc, and Eame Conies, 
 
 Shewing further, the whole Art of Riding great Hories, with the 
 breaking,.and ordering of them,and the dieting of the Runninev 
 Hunting and Ambling Horfe, arid the manner how 
 ro ufetheci* in theh travail^ 
 
 Alfa approved Rules for the Crammings md Fatting of ad forts of 
 
 h Poultry ^andPonles fotb t me find mldf&CtAnd di'VerftgogcL 
 and weft app roved Medicines, fur the Cure of all the difeafes 
 in f-lawhesyfffwhat findfoever . 
 
 Together with the ufe,and profit of.Ikes,the making of Fifh» - 
 ponds, and the takingofall forts ot Fife 
 
 Gathered together for the generall good and profit of this whole 
 Realm # by exadt U affined experience from Englifh pra&ifes,beth eec-, 
 tain,eafie, and cheap, differing from all former and fotraign ex- 
 pertinents, which cither agreed not with our Clime/ or 
 Were too hard tocomeby. or cvcr-coftly. and J 
 
 to iittlc purpofc: a!! vvl Jch herein, are avoyded, 
 
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WAY TO GET 
 
 WEALTH: 
 
 Containing fixe Principal! YocatipnsjprCaIJings, 
 in which every good Husband,or Houfe-wife may 
 lawfully imploy themfclves. 
 
 AS, 
 
 I. The natures,ordering,curing,breeding,choice,ufe,andfeedings of 
 
 all forts of Cattell,and Towle, ft for the fervice of man: As al- 
 fo the riding & dieting Horfes,eitherfor War re or Pleafur. 
 
 II. The knowledge, ufe, and laudable praBife of all the recreations 
 
 meet for a Gentleman. 
 
 III. The Office of a Houfewifefn Pbificfi,Surgery,extraB ion of Oiles, 
 
 Banquets, Cookery, ordering of feafs^referving of wine, con¬ 
 ceited Secrets,distillations^ erf um8S,or dering of Woolf Hemp, 
 Plax,dying,ufe ofDayries,Malting, Brewing, Baking, and the 
 profit of Oates. 
 
 IV. The enrichment of the Weald in Kent. 
 
 V. The Urn banding,& enriching of all forts of barren grounds pna- 
 king them equal with the mo ft fruitfull: vrith the prefervati - 
 on of Swine,and a computation of men,and Catteh labours, 
 
 VI. The making of Orchards, Planting and Grafting , the office of . 
 Gardening jfif the omamentS,with the befi Hmbanding ef’Bjjts, . * 
 
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 T he feventh time correBed, and augmented by the Author. 
 
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 And 
 
 Moft ennobled with all inward and 
 
 outward vertmiyRtchurd Sac^yile 
 
 Baroaof Buckburft, and Earl 
 - ■ olDorfet 3 &c. 
 
 ■ Ltbougb the tnonfrous fhapes of 
 boekj(Rigbt Honourable andbffi 
 ennobled Lord )baVe with their 
 dtfguifed and unprofitable vi- 
 ft>dltkf face* 3 half feared eVen 
 isertue her felf from that ancient defnee and 
 patronage f f which informer ages mof mbljfhee 
 tmpLjd^to preface them from mVytyetfo much 
 1 know ike largenefie-sfyour worthy brefi is endued 
 with mjdme 1 cou.xage 3 atU hemtffhatMtwubfun¬ 
 ding the Vanities of our ignorant writers 3 you mil 
 be pleafed ouf of four Molls Spirit favourably to 
 ' , -.4% " behold 
 
- The Epiftle Dedicatorie. 
 
 hold i&kttfotter jhall bring a publike good to our 
 Countrey } at which end I bate one ly aymed is this 
 fmall bock. Jr which bating run far from the way 
 or trail of other writers in this nature yet I doubt 
 not but your honor ffjalfindmy path both more effic 
 mere certain ^nd mere fafe then anypayffy much, 
 far left difficult or dangerous to mike inj muff 
 cesfeffe,f«mething is this nature l haveformerly 
 fublijhed^s namely of the horfe oxelyyeitb whoJe 
 nature ands{e 1 have beeneXercif>dand acquainted 
 from my Childhood and I hep! } without hoeff need 
 notyeeldto any in this Kingdsme.Tet in this iver^ 
 I kef jour Lord(hip i & al other princely maintai¬ 
 nor s of that worthy andferviceable beafijhal find, 
 I have found oul > xnd herein explained a nearer 
 and more eajie conrfe for bis preferValion, and 
 health } tbcn hath hitherto been founder pra&ifed 
 by anyjsut my felf ouely, whetfeeVer it isjn all 
 humbietujfe I offer it is as a'facrifice of my loVe 
 l \ *zd fervice to your honour, and will ever while ff 
 
 l have breath lobe. 
 
 be your honours 
 in all dutiful 1 lervice., 
 
TO THE COURTEOUS 
 
 reader. 
 
 B : Here is uoArtifc or man of induftry 
 it ( courteous and Gentle Reader t 
 It which mixeth judgement with his 
 |j experience, but finderh in the tra~ 
 | vel of his labours better and nearer 
 I courfes to make perfect the beauty 
 
 _ ! of his work, then were at firft pre- 
 
 fen ted to the eie of his knowledge : 
 for the mind being pre-occupied and bufied with a ver- 
 tuous fearch,is ever ready to catch hold of whatfoever 
 can adorn or xlluftrate the excel lende of the thing in 
 
 which he is imployed: and hence it hapneth that my 
 fclf having ferioufly.beftowed many years to find out 
 the truth of thefe knowledges,of which I have intrea- 
 ted in this booke: have now found out the infal¬ 
 
 lible way of curing all difeafer in Cattle, which is by 
 many degrees more certain, more ea(ie,lefTe difficult, 
 and without al manner of coft and extraordinary char¬ 
 ges, then ever have been published by any home- 
 born or forraign pradifer. Wherein ( friendly Rea¬ 
 der ) thou fhalt find that my whole drift is to help the 
 needfull in his moft want and extremity. For having 
 many times in my journying feene poore and rich 
 mens Cattell fallfodainly fick, from travelling by the 
 way,fome drawing in the Plough or draught,and fome 
 . ..A4 J _ . ... upon 
 
T o the Courteous Reader. 
 
 upon other irnploymentsjl have alfo beheld thofecat- 
 tell or horfe dye,ere they could bebrought either to a 
 Smith, or other place where they might receive cure; 
 nay, if with much paines they have been brought to 
 the place of cure,yet have I ieen Smiths fo unprovided 
 of Apothecary fimples,that for want of matter of fix- 
 pence^ bead hath dyed worth many Angels, To pre¬ 
 vent: t hr >,I have found out thofe certain and approved 
 Cures, wherein if every good horle-lover,orHusband- 
 man,wil but acquaint his knowledge with a lew herbs, 
 or common-weeds he fha'll be furein every field,pa- 
 flure,meadow,or Land-furrow; nay, altnoll by every 
 High-way fide,or blind ditch, to find that which fir all 
 preferveand keep his horfe from ail'fuddain extremi- 
 ties.If thou (halt find benefit, think mine hours not ill 
 wafted;if thou (halt nothave oceafion to approve them 
 yet give them thy gentle paffage to others, and thmke 
 measl am. 
 
 : Thy Friend, 
 
 G,M, 
 
*5 
 
 M j * * 
 
 Tlae table of tbe firft Bocke. 
 
 ■Qf r dtajis % 
 
 Of the Horfe. 
 
 jf~\F the borfe in general. Ordering of the pack or 
 ■K.jS pag. i. cart-horfe. 9 
 
 Nature of Horfes. p. 2. The prefervation if horfes. 
 Choice of Horfts, and their ib. 
 
 fhapes. ibid Of riding ingcnerall. Io 
 
 Colours of Horfes. 3 Imperfect ufe of this recre- 
 
 Horfe for a Princes feat. ib. ation. ib, 
 
 Horfes for travel!. lb. Tbepleafureofriding.il 
 
 Hunting'horfes. 4 The Authors Apology, io. 
 
 Running horfes. ib. The taming of a young colt „ 
 
 Coach horfes. ib. 12 
 
 Pack: horfes. 5 His fidling (ff hr idling.fo 
 
 Cart-berfes. His, ffl hacking. 13 
 
 Of Marcs. .ib \ Three maine points of a 
 
 Orderinghorfesforfervice.ib Jhorefemans skill. 15 
 Ordering horfes for aPrinces f'o/ hf!ps>& ah at they Ce.ib 
 feat. 6. Of correction* and which 
 
 Ordering of traveling horfes. they be. 16 
 
 7 Oi cberilhings. lb. 
 
 Ordering of hunting-korfesS Of the Mufrole and Mar- 
 
 Ordering of runutng-ho,fs. tingJe. 17 
 
 lb Oj treding the large rings. 
 
 Ordering of a neh-horfe. jt I peg ji 3 
 
 1 Choice 
 
The Table.- 
 
 Choice of grounds. p* x 8 
 
 Qfgalloping large rings.20 j 
 Helps in the Urge ring turns 
 ib. 
 
 CorieBions in the ring turns 
 21 
 
 Ckerifbings in the ring turns 
 22 
 
 Ofp°ppitig& g otn Z hack.fa 
 Helpes. 
 
 Corre8tons. 
 
 Cherijbings. 
 
 0 / advancing before. 
 
 Helpes. 
 
 CorreBions. 
 
 Cberijbings. 
 
 The ufe of advancing. 
 Ofyerking behind. 
 
 . Helps. - 
 CorreBions . 
 
 Cherijhings. 
 
 Of turning. 
 
 Helps. 
 
 QorreBions. 
 
 Sberifbings. 
 
 ($f the turning post. 2 2 
 
 Of managing. 3 3 
 
 Diverfities of manages. 34 
 Of the Carters. 34 
 
 Horfesfor pleafure. 3 5 
 
 Of bounding aloft. - ib. 
 Of the Cor vet. 3 6 
 
 Of the galop GaUiard.. ib 
 
 £ 
 
 ■ ti 
 
 2 6 
 ib. 
 ib 
 
 £ 
 
 ib 
 
 ib. 
 
 3 ib 
 
 ib. 
 
 Of theCapriolle. 3 7 
 
 Of going afide. 38 
 
 Of riding before & Prince. 3 p 
 Of theCaragolo. ib. 
 
 To ride fir recreation « 4 o 
 
 Of breeding of all forts of hor- 
 fes ft {or the Husband-mans 
 ufe. 4 1 
 
 Grounds to breed on. 42 , 
 Divifon of grounds. ib. 
 Choice 0/ the St a Uion. 4 3 
 
 Choice of Mares. lb. 
 
 when to put them together. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Of covering Mares. 44 
 To know if a Mare hold. ib. 
 To conceive Male foales. ib. 
 To provoke lufl. 4 5 
 
 To keep Marts from barren - 
 neffe. ibid. 
 
 Ordering MdreS after cove¬ 
 ring. ib. 
 
 A help {or Mares in foaling. 
 
 4 <?. 
 
 OrderingMares after foaing. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Weaning offeales. _ _ ib. 
 Ordering after Weaning, ib. 
 Gelding of Colts. ib. 
 
 0/ horfes for tr&vell , and how 
 to make them amble. 47 
 The marks of a good travelling 
 Horfe, ' ib 
 
The Table. 
 
 To make a borfe amble.]). 47 
 Divers wap of ambling. 48 
 Of travellings ib. 
 
 Of wifping. ■ ib. 
 
 Helpes in ambling. lb. 
 The ordering and dieting of 
 the Hunting-borfe. 4? 
 Taking up the hunting-borfe 
 
 5 ° 
 
 Cloatbing the hunting-borfe. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Dr effing the Hunting-borfe. 
 
 5 1 
 
 Of watering and feeding the 
 hunting-horfe. 5 2 
 
 The exercife of the borfe. 5 3 
 The fcowring of the borfe. 
 
 54 
 
 Ordering a borfe after exer¬ 
 cife. 55 ' 
 
 Of ordering, dyeting, taking 
 up f loathing, drejling. t wa¬ 
 tering and feeding the Run- 
 ning-horfe^. 5 5 & $6 
 Of bis exercife bp ayring and 
 courfing. , 5 6,& 57 
 0 ffweats. ' 58 
 
 O /fcouring him. 5 9 
 
 Ordering afier exercife. ib. 
 Generali rules for a running 
 borfe. ib. 
 
 Generali rules for a travel- 
 ling-borfe. - 60 
 
 How to cure aU inwar d fickr 
 nefjes. 62 
 
 Qf the bead-acb Frenzie, or 
 Staggers. 6 3 
 
 Of the fleeping evil!. ib„ 
 
 0/ the falling-eviU, Tlanet- 
 flruche , Night-mare , or 
 Palfey. £4 
 
 Of the general! cramps or con- 
 vulfion of finewes. ib. 
 
 Of any Cold or Cough, wet or 
 dry, or for., any confumption 
 or putrefaii ion of the Lungs, 
 whatfoever . 6 5 
 
 Of the running G launders, or 
 mourning of the Chine. 
 
 ?5 - 
 
 Of hide-bound or confumption 
 o'tbeflejh. 66 
 
 Of the breft paine or anyficke- 
 nefl.e of the heart. ib. 
 
 Of tyred horf ?s. ' ib. 
 
 Of difeafes of the ffomacl ^ as 
 Surfeitsfoath iug of meat, or ^ 
 drink „ 6 7f/~~ ■ ’’ 
 
 Of foundring in the body, f ■ 
 
 ib. 
 
 Of the Hungry-evil!. 6 8 
 
 Of difeafes in the Liver, &c. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Of the Te Howes,,and difeafes of 
 the GaU.. ■ ib- 
 
 Of the ■ ficktntjle of -, the 
 fpleene. 
 
The Table. 
 
 fpleen, P- *>9 
 
 'Op the dropfie 3 or evil habit 
 of the body. -ib. 
 
 O f theCheflicks bflly-akepr 
 Belly-boundt p. jo 
 Of the laxpt bloudy fllux. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Of the fading of the Fun¬ 
 dament. 71 
 
 .QfBots and Wormesof ad 
 forts. ib. 
 
 Ofpnine in the kjdneyes 3 - 
 painpiJSe 3 and jione. ib. 
 O fthefirahgt/dion. . ib. 
 Of pifing mud. P- 7 2 \ 
 Of the Coh evilfftatering I 
 of they at dialling of the I 
 yara,fbeddisg of feed. ib. I 
 Of the particular difeafes 
 of Marts fS barrenaesfcn 
 f tmptian , rage of hve 3 ca- 
 flingfeahs 3 hardnefe xo 
 foal 3 andta make a Mate 
 ca n her foal, ib. 
 
 Of drinking z enome 3 &c v 
 
 ^ 
 
 O c Suppofharies 3 G lift ers 3 & 
 purgations. ' ib. 
 Of nez,ing,&friclions. 7 4 
 O -all the dtfeafes in *fhe 
 eyes ; 75 
 
 Of the Impo frame intht 
 eartfolt-eviljfifulttfwel¬ 
 
 ling after bloud letting 3 
 anygald-back 3 Cankerjit- 
 . fail, wermes 3 navek-gad 3 
 ^&c. p. 75 
 
 Oj the Fives. ib. 
 
 Of the frangle 3 bile 3 lotch 3 or 
 hnpoftume. 76 
 
 Of the Canker in the nofe 3 or 
 any other part. ib. 
 
 Of fianebing blood in any 
 part. ib. 
 
 Of th e difeafes in the mouth 3 
 as bloudy-rifcs 3 ligs 3 Lam- 
 pas 3 Camery 3 infiamation 3 
 tongue hurt 3 or the barbs. 
 
 _ . 77 » 
 
 Of pain M the teeth, or leoje 
 .teeth. ib. 
 
 Oj the crick, in the neck. 
 
 i6. 
 
 Of the falling of the Creff 3 
 manginejse in the maine 3 
 or fbedding of hair. 7 8 
 Of pain in the withers, ib. 
 O fwaying the back 3 or weak- 
 nefe in the back- ib. 
 Of the Itch in the taik 3 fcab 3 
 manghes or farcie, 79 
 Of any halting whatfpeyrr 3 
 &c. ib. 
 
 O f foundring in tbefeep. 
 
 ■ • , $o : 
 
 Op the fplent , ctfrbe , bone- 
 ! fpaven 
 
Ihc Table. 
 
 TOf the Gout . • ' <Ioj] or Stubs. 104 
 
 Of. Milting . . > ; - ib.jO/ purging Catted. 105 
 
 ,0fprovoking a beafi to pifi.Of being fhrew-runne, I o 5 
 - . . - . . . lof Of faint nefle. -v 105 
 
 ■Of the overflowing of the gal Of breeding milfina Cow. 
 
 ■ ib.i v: ib. 
 
 Of a beaft.'that is goared. I Of bones out ofjoynt or bro- 
 
 . ib. IQ& 
 
 Of the Cow that is wetheredlofthe rot in beafls. ib'. 
 
 . : . . .-ibSOf the Pantos. ib. 
 
 Of drawing out of th'ornes , j Ofal maner of wounds. 1 o 6 
 
 ; 0f,the Sheepe. 
 
 O F Sheepe 3 their ufe 3 
 cboiee J jhape ) ana pre¬ 
 fer vation - 107 
 
 ' Of the flaple of Wood. .1 o 8j 
 Of the choice of S/w^.ibid, 
 Of the leare of Sheep, ib. 
 'The fhape of Sheep.' 105? 
 WhenEws floould bring forth 
 
 \ ib. 
 
 Ordering oflamhes. ‘ Ho 
 Needfull obfervatioris. ib, 
 Theprefervation of Sheepe, 
 
 The fignes to know a fount 
 Sheep , and an unjound, 
 
 ... .m] 
 
 Offlcknefe in Sheep.of tbi j 
 
 I Feaver 3 &c. Il f 
 Of the generallfcab. ib 
 
 17 Of killing Maggots .113 
 "Of the Red-water. ib. 
 
 Of lung-fick } or ,any cough 3 
 or cold > ib. 
 
 Of the worm in the claw 3 
 or tn phy othez part. 
 
 114 .4 / 
 
 Of yeild-flre. ■ ib. 
 
 Of the difeafes oftbegall 3 as f 
 Choker. Iaundies, &c. 
 
 ib. 
 
 •■A Qi the tough flegme or flop- 
 pings. ib. 
 
 Of the,bones brokenor out of 
 
 foym, " 213 
 
 or 
 
The Table. 
 
 Of any ficksejTein Lambes. 
 
 “ 5 ; 
 
 Of the fiurdy 3 turning ev*U 3 i 
 or more-found. lb. 
 
 Of til difeafes in the eyes in I 
 
 general. ib. 
 
 Of water in a Sheepes belly, 
 ll6\ 
 
 Of the tag 'd or belt [beepe. 
 
 ib 
 
 Of the poxe in fheep. ib,j 
 Of the wood-evill or cramp. 
 
 ibi 
 
 Of mating an Ewe love herj 
 own Lamb 3 or any other 
 
 Ewes Lamb. 117 
 
 \0 flicking uppoifon. ib. 
 |Of Lambs yeaned fide. ib. 
 \Of making an Ewe to be eafily 
 . delivered. l IS 
 
 lO/teeth loofe. ib. 
 
 \OtincreaJing milke. ib. 
 Of the fiaggers or leafejicke- 
 nefe. ib. 
 
 Of allforts of worms, lip 
 0 ftbeloJjeoftheCud. ib. 
 Of faving Jheep from the 
 rot. ib. 
 
 A few precepts for the Shep¬ 
 herd. 1 ao 
 
 Of Goats. 
 
 or 
 
 Goats 3 and their Na¬ 
 tures. 12 il 
 
 The Jhape o f Goats. i2 2| 
 
 T be ordering of Gottis, ib. 
 
 . . Of any upwardficknef^as the I 
 
 VW pefileneej&c. 
 f V Of the dropfie. 12 3I 
 
 F- Of fopping the teats. 
 
 10 / Goats that cannot kid. 
 
 124 
 
 Of the Tetter , or dry Jcabbe. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Of gelding kids. 
 
 Of the itch in Goats. 
 
 , Of the tuell-flopping. 
 fOf the f aggers. 
 
 ib. 
 
 125 
 
 125 
 
 125 
 
 Of Swine. 
 
 ^^al manner of Swine. I 
 The suture of Swine, ibi-j.f 
 
 Of the choice and fhape of 5 ^ 
 Swine. . ' ■ • . 12 7 
 
 )f the ufe and profit of 
 /wine 
 
The Table. 
 
 fpaven or atiy knob, or boA ter. . 
 
 ■n-i excreflion, or ringbone.Of the cords, or firing-halt. 
 
 8o| 85 
 
 O fthe Mallander,SeUaitder,Qifpur-galling,& c. ib. 
 Paines, Scratches, Mal-Tohealan* Jore or mutsd T 
 lit , Mules, Crowtte-fcabj ib. 
 
 gfc. 8iOf finesses cut. ib. 
 
 Of any upper attaint ,ornea- Of eating away deadfiefh. 
 ther , or any over-r aching. _ ib. 
 
 ibid . Of knots in joynts. '8 6 
 
 Qfatl the infirmities of,i»,er\ofvenemous wounds, &c t 
 ■ about the hoves, &c. 82 *b. 
 
 Of the blood fpaven,hougk,bo-\Of Lice orNits. ib. 
 
 ny, or any other unnUurdlfTo defend a horfe from flies 
 [welling. ib,' 
 
 *bt wind-gals. 8 3 1 
 
 Of enterfearing, (hack legal], 
 &c. ib. 
 
 Hurt son theCronet,as quilt er 
 bone,or matleng. 84! 
 
 Of wounds in the foot,gravel- 
 ling, pricking, fig, retrait. 
 
 ib. 
 
 or cloying. 
 
 To draw out Bub, or thorne.l 
 
 ib. 
 
 Of any Aubury, or Tet- 
 
 lOf b$nes broke or out of'joint. 
 
 ib. 
 
 j Of drying or skinning fores, 
 when they are dmofi whole. 
 
 87 
 
 1 A mofifamous receipts make 
 ] a Horfe, that is lean, and 
 that is full of inward fick- 
 nefie,found,&fat,in four¬ 
 teen days. ibid. 
 
 I To make a white fiar. 8 8 
 
 
 Of the BulljCalfe, Cow, or Oxe. 
 
 O F the Balfow, Calf, or[ 
 Oxe,&c^ 
 
 The Countries for breede. 
 
 lOfnot mixing, and mixing 
 I breeds. 89 
 
 ybe (hape of the Bui. ib. 
 
 8 8 'The uf e of the BuL 
 
 90 
 
 The 
 
The jhapeof the Cow.': po Oftheworme.'in the iaile. 
 The ufe of the Cow. ib. ' ' - p8 
 
 Of Calves,^ their nourifo- Ofanycough or fh.ortnejs'of 
 1 ing. ib. • breath.' . pg 
 
 0 ifervations for Calves.ib Ofpiy.imfofihume, Bile, or 
 Of theOxe,andhk ufe. p I botch. - ib. 
 
 Of theOxeS-foodfor labour.Of difeafes in the fnsewes,as i 
 ■-_ - ■ 9 -V weaknejfefiifnejfeorfere- 
 
 - Oxett to feed for the butcherf nefje.-f'' ib. 
 
 ib.,0/ thegeneralfcabjarticu-. 
 ■To preferve Cattel in-health lerfcab, offcurf. pp 
 ib. Of the 'hide-bound, or dry-. 
 Of the feaver in Cattel.9 3 skin • ' • ib. 
 
 Of any inward JtcknejT.- ib. Qf'difeafts inthe Lungs , as 
 Of the difeafes in the heady L ung-g rownffc. " ib.. 
 
 as furdyjfc. ' ib. Of the. biting with a maddog. 
 
 Of ad the difeafes in the eies or other venemous heaH. 
 
 . ofCatted } &'if • 14 . . . • ' xbo 
 
 ■Of difeafes in the mouth , 'as Of the filling downe of the 
 barbsfsleansfjtc. .. p 5 pad at. _.f ' ' 
 
 Gfdifaajesih Wtru^jk-oe- Of any paint in the hoof, as 
 '•■ ■ind-gidedfftafed^ifOlne^ .ihefOul^^fc, ' - ■ r zq'i 
 -.clejh,&c.- :'‘' T ib.O fakkindesofbruifj/ig^ 
 
 Oftbe TeHilence,gargill 3 o-/ ' 101 
 
 * murrain. . . • , 9.6 Of/wallowing hens dut:g y o r 
 
 O'imiflihrtgfr leanneffe.f 6 anyf oyf o n.- . 101 
 
 Ot dtfcafesTnTheguts, as Oxkilling Lice, or TukfSi 
 flux, ceilivenejje.; r$pj \,O t ..1- ibid. 
 
 O f piffing blood. ib. Of the dew bowle. . 1.0 2 
 
 Of dropping no ftrtfs , or far Oftbe to/e of the Cud, ib. 
 x ny cold. .v .ibyOf the killing off all fofts x ot 
 
 Of all manner of{^eiitigs\ . -smhntu "' fbj 
 
 c •. '.\b\Qivomiting blood. ib- 
 
A' T-bje of hard words, 
 
 Jsrine. 12 8 pj the lugi t,g oj fnine frith 
 
 Of the fcaver or any bidden dost, 133 
 
 ficknep’e in f vine. izppj f" e pose infnine. )b. 
 
 Of Murrains^ pejlifence 3 o>.pf killing Maggcts in any 
 catarrhe. , 1301 fart. ib. 
 
 Of the gall infringe, ). b Ip f fit d : ng fnine either f or 
 
 Ojihe Meades. ib.l Baton or Lard, ib, 
 
 Qftkelmpoflums in any vartpf feeding [ninein Wood- 
 hid. countries. ib. 
 
 Of vomiting, 13 l Of feeding [wine in Cham- 
 
 Of leannefs miflikefcurfeor pion countries, l 34 
 msungineJSe. ib. Of feeding at the reek, ib. 
 
 Of the feepmg eviB. ib. Of feeding f wine in or about 
 
 Of pain in the Mih . 132 great cities. 1 3 5 
 
 Ynnaturalnefsinfmm , ih.Of feeding Hogsfor Lardfir 
 Of tkekxcorFluxc, sb. Bores for Bran n, ib. 
 
 Of Conics, 
 
 O F Ume Conies mge- conies, 1 
 
 nerid, 1 3 8 Of the feeding and preferva* 
 
 7 he nature ef the Cony, lb. tion of Conies,. 140 
 
 Of loses fir tame conies 1 3 9 Of the rot anmgfi conies. 1 4s 
 Of the choice & profit of rich Ofmaelncjse in conies, ibid. 
 
The Table -of the fecond Books. 
 
 O F the Dunghill Cocke, 
 Henne,Chicken , and 
 Capon. ■■■" * 4 . 4 * 
 
 Ofthedunghill cock.- *b. 
 0/ the choice § ft: ape of the. 
 
 Cock. ' ■ I 4 S 
 
 Of the Henne, her choice & 
 fhape. ibid. 
 
 Offetting Hennes. ib. 
 Of the choice ofEgges. ib; 
 Of Chickens. lap 6 
 
 Of feeding And cramming 
 -chickens, ' ib. 
 
 Ofpreferving'Egges . 148 
 
 Of gathering Egges-. - lb; 
 Of the capon &whep.tocarv 
 him. * ib. 
 
 Of the Capon to lead Chic¬ 
 kens. ib. 
 
 Of feeding and cramming. 
 
 | . ’Capons. T4& 
 
 1 Of the Pepin Poultry .. 14 9 
 I Of the roupe, • . ib. 
 
 . Of the flux. ■. '*150 
 
 G /fopping in the kelly, ib.' 
 0 / lice in Poultry. ~ ibi 
 Of ft inkjng mthvettemdtit 
 wormes « ib. 
 
 Of all fore eys. ib. 
 
 : Of hens which crow. J5I 
 p/ Hens which eat their eg» 
 '■ibid." 
 
 . Of keeping a- hen from fit- 
 ! ting... \ . ;<v ,ubi<f. 
 . Of making berg lay foon 
 1 oft.. - . - . ■ ib. 
 
 . jO/ making hens lean. ib 
 
 1 0 /the Crow-trodden. 5 2 
 Of the hen houfe audJcitaa- 
 ,,tion.- , u . .4b. 
 
 Q P the Goofe in Gene - ]Of the choice of Geefe. 1 5 3 
 
 r*B s ' ?53 J°/%% ib 
 
The-Table. 
 
 Of the ordering afGofings , 1 
 •: ( . 154 
 
 Ofgreene'geefej& their fit¬ 
 ting. : ib. 
 
 Of Ganders. ib. 
 
 Of i fatting''-of elder Geefe. 
 
 155. 
 
 Of gathering • -d/ Geefe fea- 
 - therS. ib 0 
 
 O/ the gargdl in geefe. ib. 
 
 QfTgt&es.'.■ 
 
 f^\F Twkies in gener-all 1 
 
 V 156 
 
 0/ the choice of the Turkey-^ 
 Cock . . ib. 
 
 0/ Turkey hen.andhe* 
 rating. T s <j 
 
 \ ®J the feeding ofTUrkyes. 
 I- " i57 
 
 ' Of Water-foule and others. 
 
 O F the tame Duck. • 57 
 0 / »/A/ Ducks and! 
 their ordering. s 5 8 
 
 O/ Swans t and tfteirfeeding, 
 
 Qffeacokis andfea-hemts. 
 
 ‘ 15? 
 
 Of the tame pigeon or rough 
 ' /wfe*/. , 160 
 
 I Of nourifhing and fatting 
 I -Hedrnes ) ?uet$ 3 Gul$ 3 and 
 j Bitters. ~ j £1 ■ 
 
 [ 0 / feeding Patridge^Phea- 
 Jant and Quail. . 16 z 
 OjGodwitsfCnotsfPray Plo¬ 
 vers or Curlems . itfg 
 
 O/ blackhirnsfThrufjcs f el. 
 fares ... . 4 ^ 
 
 OfHawIces. 
 
 O - Y S /' ' •, 
 
 F i Of fore e'tes in Uattks.166 
 
 ofallitnds. . 164 OfthePantat. . U 7 
 Of brings. • ' 6 i ■Of calling the Gorge. ib. 
 
 L. dmpofimts tn Rankes. Of all forts of worms or Pi- 
 f„ *66 , landers t ib, 
 
 . Of 
 
The Table. 
 
 Of all fwelling in Hashes Of the Apbflexie,orfalling 
 feet , i6f\. EviB. . * 7 ? 
 
 Of the breaking of a p ounce , Of the purging °f hanks jo. 
 
 16% ,Ofd hank that cannot mute 
 Of bom broke, or out of j 174 
 
 ib. The afjuredsl ftgns to know 
 Of all Inward bruiftngs-.'Cdj- when a Hawk is pck. 
 
 . . " ib. | _ 4 <?x 
 
 lb, O £ the Fever in Hashes. 
 
 ■ib.; , 75 
 
 170 Of helping a 'Hawketbs t 
 
 ibj - cannot digeff. ib.. 
 
 171 Of the Gout in llawks.i 7 6 
 
 Of the privle, evill. ■ ib , Oi the fa ticking of blond. 
 Of all forts of wounds, 172' ’b. 
 
 Of killing Lice, 
 Of the Rie. 
 
 Of the Vrounce. 
 Of the Rheums. 
 
 ' Of the Formicas. 
 . 0 1 the-Fislula. 
 
 o 
 
 "V— 
 
 Of Bees 
 
 F Bees- in generfill. | 0 f the ctiffing of Bees, and" 
 ordering the [warms. 17 9 
 Of felling Hives i. 181 
 
 Of the prefer vat ion of peak 
 jtockcs. 
 
 An excellent fecret confer - 
 ning Bees. - ■ 18 2 
 
 .177 
 
 Of the nature of Bees, ib. 
 Of the Bee-hive, ■ 178 
 
 Of the t timing of the Hive, 
 ib. 
 
 O f the placing of hives,vj 9 
 
 Of Fifbin^, 
 
 A Flat-form for Fijh- 
 p»nds. 183 
 
 Offijbing in gener all. 184 
 
 Of the taking of *8 forts-of 
 Fijh with Nets, or lather- 
 
 V,\ /.w 
 
 A 
 
A Short TiUt cxpoiiitdittg til fckfeti • 
 {voritiit this'booh, 
 
 A 
 
 A f ripigmentum or Orpment^ is a yellow hard Tub- 
 fiance to be bought at the Pothtcaries. 
 
 ArtH ilcchia-longapthet'ftik called red Madder an 
 herb govring almoft in every field. 
 jiriBolockia-rotuadajs the herb called Gdingth. 
 Agrimony or Egrimeny, is an ufuall and known herb. 
 Amees 3 Cornmin rsyaS 3 is an herb of fome called Bui- 
 Wirt 3 Bifbops-weedpr Herb-VPifliam. 
 
 Anifej.% that hcairb which beares Anife-feeds. 
 Avetpi fome called Ditljs an herb like Fennell 3 only 
 the "feeds are broad like Orenge feeds. 
 
 Agnta-casltts 3 oi lome called Tulefaine } is an herb 
 with reddifh leaves 3 and finewie like Plantain . 
 
 Mgyptiacum 3 is a reddifh Vnguent to be bought at the 
 Pothecariesand is foveraignfor Fifiu/aes. 
 
 Afjafcztida 3 a {linking ftrong gum to be bought at 
 the Pothecaries. 
 
 A dr aces 3 or Adarceth that Silt which is in gendred 
 on the Marfhes by the violence of the Suns hear after 
 the tid is gone away. ’ 
 
 Afterionj. s an herb growing amongft ft ones, as on 
 B 3 . waflsj 
 
A Table of hard Words. 
 
 f' 
 
 K 
 
 wails,or fuch iike 3 ic appcareth by night^it hath yellow 
 flowers like Fox gloves, and the leaves are round and 
 blewilh , 
 
 Aloes 3 is a bitter gum to bfe bought at the Potheca' 
 ries. 
 
 B 
 
 B Etin 3 or Beets is an herb with long broad leaves, 
 indented and grows in hedge-rows. 
 
 BolarmoniackjLS a rc*i hard earthly iubftance,to bee 
 bought at the POthdSfries, and is ofa cold and binding 
 nature. 
 
 Broomwort , is an herb with brown coloured leaves, 
 aadbeareth a blew flower,and moft commonly grows 
 in woods. 
 
 C 
 
 C ReJses are of two kinds, iVdtcr-Crefles 3 and Land* 
 
 _ Crejjes: they have broad fmooth leaves, and the 
 
 firft grows in moift places,the latter in gardens,or by 
 high-wayes. 
 
 Cominffce A'meos. 
 
 Canharmts is an herb iata&e like Saffron and is called 
 baffard-Saffren 3 or meckrSaffron. 
 
 Cslammt 3 is an ordinary hearbe, and growethby 
 direhes fides by high-wayes, and fame times in Gar¬ 
 dens. - 
 
 Coriander, is an herb which beareth a round little 
 Teed. 
 
 . . Givesji re a fmaH round herb growing in -Gardens, 
 HkeHttle young onjens 3 or fcall ions not above a wceke 
 
 ©Id... . 
 
 D 
 
 D YapentejL ioveraigne powder made of five equall 
 li^iples 3 teBty-£erries^VQry 3 Ariffolocbid-rotunda 3 
 ’’ Myrrhe 
 
A Tabic of hard words. 
 
 Jfyrrke 3 and Gentiana } may be bought of the Potheca- 
 ry. 
 
 Bettony is aB hearb called Peppcr-mrtpt Horf”.-radifh 3 
 and groweth in many open fields. 
 
 Dragon is an heatb common in every Garde n. 
 
 E 
 
 I ? hecampana is anherbe of fome called Horfe-belme , 
 lyand grows almoft in every field, and every. Gar- 
 
 Eye-bright is an herb growing. ineveryMeadow. 
 
 F Ennegreeke is an herbe which hath a long {lender 
 tray ling ftalk,holiow within,and fown in Gardens, 
 but cafieft to be had at the Apothecaries. 
 
 Ferneofmund is an herbe of fome called Water-fern, hath 
 a triangular ftalk, and is like Folipody, and it growes in. 
 Bogs and hollow grounds, 
 
 Alingale, fee Ariftolochia-rotmda 
 
 H Orff-mint is an herb thatgrowes by water fides 3 
 and is called Wster-mint 3 or Brook-mint . 
 
 Horff-beime-, fee Elec amp ana . 
 
 Houfe-leckAs a weed which growes upon the tops of 
 houfes that are thatcht,and ate like unto a fmall Harti¬ 
 choke. 
 
 Herbe-Robert hath leaves like Herb-Bennet y and fmall 
 flowers of a purple colour, and growes in moft com¬ 
 mon fields and gardens. 
 
 / 
 
 T Vory is the fliavings of' the Elephants tooth' , or the 
 old Harts or Stags home, being the fmooth white - 
 thereof, 
 
 B -4 
 
 
 Knot - 
 
A Table for hard words. 
 
 K 
 
 K Not-grafie is a long round weed, with little round 
 fmooth leaves, and the ftalke very knotty and 
 rough, winding and wreathing one feame into another 
 very confufedly,and growethforthemoft part in very 
 moyft places. 
 
 L 
 
 T Ettice is a common fallet herb in. every garden. 
 
 Lollium is that weed which we call Coekeli' s and 
 groweth amongft the corn in every field. 
 
 Liverwort is a common herb in every garden. 
 
 M 
 
 M -dytb is a weed that grows amongft corn, andis 
 called of fome Hogs-feontl, 
 
 Myrrhe is z gummeto be bought at the Potheca- 
 
 Man-drag is an herbe whichgrowesin gardens, and 
 beareth certain yellow Apples, from whence rhePo- 
 thecaries draw a foveraign oyi for broken bones. 
 
 N X . 
 
 Eepefco. Catmint. 
 
 O 
 
 O Riganumis anhearb called VVild-Marjortm , and 
 growes both in open fields,or in low copfcs. 
 
 C * \ Orifice is the mouth, hole, or open paflage of any 
 \ -wound or ulcer. 
 
 •' Opoponax , a drug Hfuall to be bought at the Pothe- 
 
 caries. 
 
 P 
 
 P itch of Burgundy is RoJJen, and the blacker the 
 better. 
 
 . . Plant aim isafatleafe and finewie a growing clofe 
 
 to 
 
A Table of hard words. 
 
 to the ground.and is called Whay-bred Icafc. 
 
 Piio/{-r<q«8 is anheirb&atgrowcth both ift fields 
 and gardens,and is beft when it flowreth, 
 fatch-grrafe is that tallow which is gotten from the 
 fcoylingofShoomakers fhreads. 
 
 2 
 
 Q 
 
 "tnjue folio fnmc called Cin']ue-fo%U^ i&tf$l 
 icib which is called five-leaved grafTe. 
 
 R fd-Oake, is a hard red flone which we caIIjW^, 
 
 Qicli^arhug-f one. 
 
 S 
 
 CFlendme^ or Tetteruort^ is a weed growing In the 
 0bottom ofhedges\vhichbcirigbroke,a yelow juice 
 will drop and runne out of if. 
 
 " S^fVtt/Tis'anTierb with many fmatffcra ,t w d gr ow* 
 mod in gardens. 
 
 stuluort is an herb whkhigiows in wooddy places, 
 and is called Wood Sorrell. 
 
 &uiguv~DrMem tabard red gum to be bought ar 
 the Pothecarics. 
 
 Spema-eda is the feed of the tf'ta/r,excellent for in¬ 
 ward bruifesand to be bought at the Pothecaries. 
 
 Stonecrop is a grecne weedc growing on the tops of 
 wailes. 
 
 SaUmomuke is a drug to be bought at thtPotheca- 
 
 r 
 
 T fjjilagim is that weed which we call Colts foot, 
 Triapbtrmicov a compofition made of three 
 fjmpics,and to be bought at the Pothecants. 
 
 Turn-merick is a yellow Simple, of ftrong favour, 
 to be bought at tjie Pothecaries, 
 
 Verdi- 
 
A T able of hard words. 
 
 V Erdi-greafe is a greenc fatty gumme drawn from 
 Copper.-and is to bdxmght at the Pothecaties. 
 vr 
 
 W O o<f-rofe t or mid Eglantine, as that fraall thin 
 flower which grower upon Bi yars in vVoods 
 or Hedges. 
 
 Y Jnsv is an herb called thcivater-violrt i & grows 
 io Lakes or Maruh grounds. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
TIseEMvlffoa of the titles intreaied 
 ofin tbefe Bookes following- 
 
 F Irftof the Horfe , his Natufc,.Difeafes, and' 
 Curcsj with the whole Art of Ridings andorde-; 
 ring all forts of Horfes, bom fol. i .to 8 8. 
 
 2. Of theBa^, Co»j or Oxe,, their breeding j,' 
 |s^ feeding and curing, from fol. 88 .. to 107. 
 
 3. Of Sheepe, their choice, ufe,fhape, infirmities,. 
 
 and prefervation. from fol. 1ofM120. 
 
 4. OfGoates,their nature,(hape or dering,and curing, 
 bom fol. 121. to i %6i 
 
 5, Of Swine, their choice ? .breeding, curing, andfee- 
 
 ding, in either Champion or Wood-countries, 
 bom fol. 12 6. to 138. 
 
 6. Of tame Conies, from fol. 138 . to 144. 
 
 f. Of Voultrie their ordering, fattingj Cramming^, 
 - and curing all the^dffdaTes tolfiM nia^entlrom 
 fol 144.ro 1^3. 
 
 8. Of Hawks* 3 either fhort-winged orloig-win - 
 
 gcd:the generall cures for their difeafes and in- 
 J . hrmities. from fol, 1 6%. 10176, 
 
A Table for bardwords. 
 
 f, OF Bees , their ordering, profit, andprcfervation* 
 f from fol. 177. to 183. 
 
 Io. OFtifoingfsd making Fijb-poitdsfiomfol. 138. 
 co the end. , 
 
 Puktijhed fy Authority, 
 
THE GEN E R A L L C tl R E 
 . Ordering of all Horfcs: As abode whole 
 Aiding great Hurfes.wich the breeding, breakir 
 ordering ofrbem : Together with the ironrrr 
 ■ ■ • tou fe the Runmng,Hur.ting and: mHingho 
 before, in, and alter their Travaile. 
 
 Of the tlorfc in ncficrsi'd.h'n cho'ifc for ever) fei< 
 h/s order}ti" It'd prcjcri ,utoa jor I. 
 
 to h m Tun'.iile.iiMl in re it. 
 
 B doubted mw words' to ll 
 Cure of all manner.,fdifc 
 n 'iiAng'ro ,dl mannw oi nt 
 (.attdJ, iv-uniTied „nd pit 
 
 way of dtmonlj-nuion io 
 nd plaint* a paflage 5 to tlx: underAandjiiy, 
 onipliihmcnc of the lame , that not the fun 
 Rich hath privikdiic to bi efteuned no Idiot 
 if poorell, if he ran make two finllings j, !>u 
 uth underIIand how to profit hmuelfe by the 
 
2 Tbegenera.il Cure of all Cattel. i Book.' 
 
 and at the deareft rate purchafe all the recipts and fim- 
 ples declared in the wholeVolume.For in fober truth 
 this bpok is fit for every .Gentleman, Husbandman & 
 goodimans pocket,being a memory which a man car¬ 
 rying abouthim wilwhefi it is cald to accout,give aman 
 full iarisfaction whether it be in the field in the town, 
 or any other place where a man is molt unprovided* 
 Nature of And now forafmuch as the Horfe of allC rcatures is 
 
 Ho - . the iiobleft,ftrongeft,& apreft to do a man the belt & 
 worthieft fervices, both in Peace and War, I thinke it 
 not amiife firft to begin with him .Therefor e of Iris na¬ 
 ture in generalhhe is valiant,ftrong & nimble, & above 
 al other beafts moft apt & able to indure the extremeft 
 labours the moift quality of his compofition bein fuch 
 that neither extrcam heat doth dry up his ftrength, nor 
 • the violence of cold freez,the warm temper of his mo¬ 
 ving fpirits,but that where . there is any temperate go¬ 
 vernment,there he with ftandeth all effects of ficknefs 
 with an uncontroled conftancy. He is moft gentle and 
 loving to the man, apt to be taught,arid notforgetfull 
 wheuan impreffion is fixed in his brain. He is watch¬ 
 ful above all other breafts, and wil in dure his labour 
 "with the moft emptieft ftomacke-he is natur ally given 
 to much cleanlinefs,is of an excellent fceiir,&: offended 
 v witbnothing fomuch as evill favours. 
 
 Tlx. ctolee of- hs T ow for the choice of the beftHo’rfe,it is divers ae- 
 Horres,n g cording to the ufe for which you will employ him. If 
 their Ihapes. ^ crc f orc y 0U WO uld have a Horfe for the Wars you 
 Thai chufe’him that-is of a good tal ftature,wirh a com- 
 ly lean head,an out fwellingforc-head,alarg fparkling 
 eie,the wMite whereof is covered with the eyebrows, 
 apd sot at all difcemedjOr if at all.ytt the leaft is beft,a 
 final! thinne ear ihort and prickings if it be long,well 
 carried 
 
I Book. 
 
 3 
 
 OftbeHorfe. 
 
 carryed,and ever moving,it is tolerable; but,if dull or 
 hanging,moft hatefull: a deep neck, large creft,broad 
 breaft,!:ending ribs,bioad & draight chine, round arid 
 ful buttockjWith his huckle-bones hid,a tayle ugh and 
 broad,let on neither too thick, ncr too thin ; tor too 
 much hair thews iloath,& too little too much choller 
 and heat : a full (welling thigh,a broad, tiat,and leane 
 kg,fhort pattern'd,drong joynted, and hollow bones, 
 ot which the long is bed,if they be not wiet’d, and the 
 broad round the word. 
 
 -The bed Colours are Browne-bay, Dapple-gray, Colours of 
 Ro?.nd, Bright- bay, Black, with a white neere toot be- Horfcs », 
 hindjWliuc tar-foot before,white rache,or white dar, 
 
 Chefle-nut or Sorrcl,with any of thole marks,or Dun 
 with a black lid: * nd of thcfc Horfeqfor the Warres, 
 die Courier ot Naples is accounted the bed, the Al- 
 the Sardinian ..Or the French. 
 
 If you wili chufe a Horle for a Princes Seat,any fu- Hotfes fora __ 
 pream Magiftrate,or tor any great Lady of State, or Princes Seat; 
 woman ofcmiiience,you dial chufe him that is ot the 
 fined (hapc,fr.e bed reyn,who naturally bears his head 
 in the bed-place, without the help-of the mans hand, 
 that i: ofmmbied andeafied pace,gentle to get upon, 
 bold without making affrights, and mod familnr and 
 quiet in the com pany of other horfesrhis colour would » 
 
 ever be milk white, with red frayns,or without,or elfe 
 fair dapple-gray, with white maine, and white tayle : • - 
 
 And ot thefe the Englifn is bed, then the Hungarian, 
 the Sjpethtandjhe fela/uf, the Irijb. 
 
 if ,you wil chute a horle only for travel,ever the bet- jj or f es f 0 ? 
 ter thape,the better hope, especially look that his head travaiie. ' j 
 be lean,eyes (welling om ward,his necke well rifen, his 
 chine wel rifen,his joynts very drongjbut above all,his 
 • C a _ patterns 
 
4,. Tbe-generdl CureofallC/sttgU, iBook*. 
 
 patterns fhort and ftraight,without bending in bis go- 
 ing,and exceeding hollow and tough Hoves; let mm 
 be of temperate nature, neither too furious, nor too 
 dulhwilling to go without forcing,and not defirous to 
 run when there isnooccafion. 
 
 SuntiaghorS: ^ y ou will clinic a horle for hunting,let his fhape in 
 * general be ftrong,and vvel knit together, making equal 
 
 prorortions^for as unequal fhapes fhew weakne{le,fi> 
 equal members allure ftrength 5c endurance.Your un¬ 
 equal ihapes are a great head to a little neck,a big bo¬ 
 dy to a thin buttock, a large limbe to a little foot, or 
 any of rhefe contranespr where any member fuits not 
 with die whole proportion of tile body, or with any. 
 limbe next aajoyning Above all,lec your hunting horle 
 have a large lean head,yvide noftrils,opnn chauld,a big 
 wdTand,and the wind-pipe ftrai.ght,.loofe, well cove- 
 red,and not bent in the pride of his Reining: The Eng-' 
 lifh horfe baftardized with any ..of the former Races, 
 hr ft Ipokeofjis of. all the belt. 
 
 gunning ho?. If you chufe a horfe For running,let him have all the 
 1 fiP.eft fhape that may be; but above all things,let him 
 ‘ : be nimble,quick & liery,apt to fly with the leaft mo- 
 
 tiondong Ihapes are fufterab’e, for though they fliew 
 weakneffe,yec they allure hidden Iptcd, And the Deft 
 - t ** Horle lor this ule,ii the Aralian i Bsf6ary T or his ba- 
 ftard.fennets are good,but the Turks are better. 
 
 „ _ If you wil chufe a horfe for the Coach,which is cal- 
 
 nor ‘ e ' Jed the 1 \vi ft draught,'et his fhape be tall,broad,&wel 
 f urnifhyiot grolle with much flefh, but with the big- 
 nes of his hones;efpecially look he have a ftrong neck, 
 a broad brcaft,a lage chine,lound clean limbs,& tough 
 hoves:Sc for this purpofc,your large Enslifh Geldings 
 are bell, your Flemifh Mares next, and your ftrong 
 ftond 
 
2 Book. Of the great Horfe,. ' 5 
 
 fton’d Horfes tolIerabIe,F/»»//ib or Frifms. 
 t If you wil chufe a Horfe for portage, that is, for the Pacjuries." 
 Pack or Hampers, chufe him that is exceeding ftrong 
 of Body and Limbes,but not tall, with a broad Backe, 
 out-ribs, fullihoulders, and thicke withers jfor if he be 
 chin in that parr,you {hall hardly kcepe his Back from 
 galling : be fure that he take a ftrong fttide with his 
 feet,for their pace being neither trot nor amble,but on¬ 
 ly a foot pace, he which takes the large ft ft rides goes 
 at the moft eafe,andrids his ground faifteft. 
 
 Laftly,if you wil chufe a horfe for thcCart or'plough C*ft- iiorfoi 
 which is rhe flowdraught,chufe him that is of moft or¬ 
 dinary height,for horjes in the cart unequaly forted,ne¬ 
 ver draw at eafe,but the tal han°; up the low horfe .Let 
 them be of good ftrong portioning breafted,Iarge bo¬ 
 died, & ftrong limb’d,by nature rather inclin’d to crave 
 the whipjthen to draw more then is needful. And for 
 this purpofe,Mares are moft profitable-for befides the 
 -effedting of your work, they ycerly bring you forth 
 increafe: therefore,if you fumifh your draught with 
 Mares to breed,obfcrve in any wife,ro have them faire of jtf ar a» 
 fore-handed,that is, good head, neck, breaft & fhoul- 
 dcrsjfor the re ft it is not fo regardful,on!ylet her body ; 
 
 be large; for the bigger room a Foal hath in the dams | 
 
 belly,the fairer are his members. And above all things, . 1 
 
 obferve never to put your draught beafts to the faddle * 
 
 for that alters their pace, and hurts them in their La¬ 
 bour. 
 
 §|Now for the ordering of thefc feveral horfes:Rx(k for 
 the Horle for fervice, during the time of his teaching, 
 which is out of the wars, 1 ; you ihal keep him high and 
 luftily-his tbod,no ftraw,but good hay, his provender 4 ~~ ' 
 clean dry oats,or two parts oats,Sc one part b.eanes or 
 C 3 ' peafe 
 
6 
 
 Thegeherall Cure of all Cattel. l Book, 
 
 Peafe,wel dryed & hard,the qnantity of half a peck at 
 a watering,morning,noon,& evening,!* fufficienc. 
 
 In his days of reft,you fhal dreffe him betwixt five & 
 fix in rhe morning, water betwixt feven and eight,and 
 feed from nine till after eleven : in the afternoone you 
 fhai dreffe betwixt three and four, water betwixt four 
 and fivc,and give provender till lix, then litter at eight, 
 and give food for all night. The night before he-is rid- 
 den,you flial at nine of the clock at night take aw ay his 
 hay from himjat 4. of the clock in the morning give 
 him a handful or two of oates,which being eaten,turne 
 him upon his fnaffle, rub all his body and legges over 
 with dry cloaths,then faddle him,and make him fit for- 
 his cxercife.Soon as he iscai’d for to be ridden, wafli 
 his bit in faire water,and put it into his mouth with al! 
 other things neceffary,draw up his girths, .and fee that 
 no buckles hurt him:thcn lead him forth, and as foone 
 as he hath been ridden, all fweating as he is, lead him 
 into the ftablejand fir ft rub him quickly over with dry 
 wiipes, then take off his faddle, and having rub’d him 
 all over with dry cloaths,put on his houfing cloth, then 
 fe't on the faddle again,and girt it: then lead him forth, 
 and walk him up and down in gentle manner an houre 
 or inore,tril he be coldjthen fee him up, and after two 
 or three hours fasUngjum him to his meauthen in the 
 ■ afternoon curb, rub, and drefle him, thenwarer him, 
 
 and order him as is afore!aid. 
 
 Q . of ^ or ordering the horfe for a Prince,or great La- 
 torfj 1 for a dies feztftet it he in his time of re sd ft ike unto the horfe for 
 gricca fear. fen ! ice-'and in bis time of labor like the travailing horfe , 
 as Ihall be (hewed inftantly; only becaufe he is to be more 
 choifely keptj mean in the beautiful left manner , his coat 
 lyingftmoth^nd Jkfjffltg^iad his whole body without a ft) 
 ■ 
 
i Book. 
 
 Of the Horfe. 
 
 7 
 
 Si din or ill-favourednejie • you fhall ever when he bath 
 been ridden,and cometh in much fweating, prdcntiy 
 have him into the ftable,and firft rub him downe with 
 clean wifpes,then taking off his faddle, with a f'vvord- 
 blade whole edge is rebated; you flial Itroake nis reck 
 and body clean oversaving no fweat nor filth that can 
 be gotten out; then cloatb him uplandfet on the f uldle , 
 and walke him forth as aforefaid. After,order and dyet 
 him as you doe other travailing Horfes: dry Oates is 
 lus beft provender,if he be fat and full; and Oates and 
 Beans if he be poor,or fubjed; to lofe his £efh quicke- 
 
 iy. 
 
 For your travailing Horfe,you Aval feed him with'Ordering of 
 the fineft Hay in the winter, and the fweeteft graffe in “availing hot 
 Summer : His Proyender would be dry Oates, Beanes, — 
 
 Peafe or bread,according to his ftomack : in the time 
 of reft, half a pecke at a watering is fufficient, in the 
 time of his labour,as much as he will eate with a good 
 ftomack.When youtravaile him, water two houres 
 before you ride, then rub, dreffe, and laftly feed, then 
 bridle up, and let him ftand an hoyr before you take 
 his back. Travaile moderatly in the morning^ till his 
 wind be rack’d,and his limbes warmed,then after do as ,■ e 
 your affairs require. Be fure at night to water your 
 horfe two miles before you come to your joumies 
 end,then the warmer you bring him to his Inne,the bet- * 
 
 ter : walke nor,nor wafh not at all, the one doth beget 
 colds,the other foundling-in the feet or body: but fet 
 him up warme,welftopt,& foundly rub’d with clean 
 litter.Give no meat while ft the outward parts of your 
 Horfe are hot or wet with fweat,as the ear-roots, the 
 flankes, the necke, or under his chaps; but being dry, 
 rubbe and feed him according to the goodnelfe of his 
 C 4 ftomack 
 
8 . Thegentrdl CureofallCattelU I Book, 
 
 ftomackc. Change of foodbegetteth a ftomack,fo doth 
 die waft ing of the tongue or noftrils with vinegar,wine 
 and fait, or war-mvrine.Stop not your horfcs fore-feet 
 with Cowes dang, til he befuffiaently cold, and that 
 the blood and humours which were difperfed,be fetled 
 into their proper places. Looke well to his backc, that 
 thefaddle hurt no*-, to the girths that they gal norland 
 to his fhooes,that they be large,faft and ea fie. 
 
 Orie-ing of For the ordering-of yourHuncing-horfe,let him in the 
 
 feunci8g.h:rfc* time of his reft have al the quictnefs that may be,much 
 Litter, much Meate, and much drefling: water ever by 
 him,and leave him to flcep as long as he pleafeth. Keep 
 him to dung rather fof t then hard, and looke that it be 
 wel coloured and bright, for darkneffe fhewes greafe, 
 and rednefle imva rd heating.. Let exercifes and marft.es 
 of JfwcetMaulc after be his Hfuall fcourings,& let bread 
 of clean beanes,cr Beanes and Wheat equally raixt, be 
 his beft food,& Beans & Oats the moft oadinar-y, 
 Orieriflc of Joi the ordering of you r running-horfe, let him have 
 
 wmusgjorrt* m more meac t hen to fuffice nature, drink once in foure 
 and twenty hours, dreifing every day once atnoone 
 onely. Let him have much moderate exercife, as mor¬ 
 ning and evening ayrings,.or the fetching of his Water, 
 and know no violence burin his' courfes onely. Let him 
 {land dark and warm'have many cloathes, and much 
 < Litter,being wheat ftraw only. If he be very fat, fcour 
 
 oft; if of reafoaabie ftate fcourc firldome; if leane,thea 
 fcour but with a fweet mi ill onely.Be fare your horfe 
 be empty before he courfe and let his food be the fi- 
 neft, Iighteft and quickeft of digeftion that may he: the 
 fweats. are more wholfome that are given abroad, and 
 the cooling moft natural which is given before he come 
 intodht ftable, Keepe his limbes with coolc oihcmeiits. 
 
i Book. 
 
 Of the Horfe. 
 
 and by no means let any hot fpices come inh's body: 
 if he grow dry inwardly^walVt meat is very wholfom. 
 
 If he gr o\v loofe, then give him ftraw in more abun¬ 
 dance. Burning of fweet perfume in the.ftable is whob- 
 forae; & any thing you either do about your horfe, or 
 give unto your horfe the more tjeat cleanly and fweet Ordering 
 that it is, the better it nourifheth. Goach-horfcs 
 
 Bor ordering the Coach-horfe,. let him have good 
 drefitng twice a day,Hay and Provender his belly full 
 and Litter enough to tumble on,, and he cannot chufe 
 but profper.Let him be walk’t ana wafht after travaile, 
 for by reafon of their many occalionsto ftand ftil they 
 muft be inur’d to all hardnefle, though it be much un- 
 wholfome. Their heft food is fweetHay,arid wel dried 
 Beanes and Oates, or Beane-bred: Looke well to the 
 ftrengch of their fhooes,and the galling of rheir hamefs. 
 
 Keepe their legges cleane, efpecially about the hinder 
 fetlocks, and when they are in the houfe,Iet them ftand . 
 warmly cloathed. 
 
 Bor the ordering of thePaek-horfe, or theCart-horfe 
 they need no wafhing, walking or hours of fallings 
 only dreffc them well, look to thc-ir fhooes and backes. Ordering of 
 and then fill their. bellies,and they will do their labour! th « Pack and 
 Their beft food is fweet Hay, Chaffe, orPeafe or oat- Cart ' horfc » 
 huls and Peafe,or chopt ftraw, and Peale mixt together , 
 once a weeke to give them vvarme Graines and Salt is 
 not amifte,,for their Labour will prevent the breeding 
 
 ofworms,orfuchlikemifehiefsi ‘ - ° 
 
 LNow for the generall prefervation of horfes health, it 
 is good whilft a horfe is in youth & ftrength,to let him For the j>«r«a 
 blood twice in the.year,that is, beginning of the Sprint T f a!i r ° r nof 
 and beginning of thuBal when you may beft afford him 
 a-weeks rtft.Mtcr you have kt himibloodtwo daies af- 
 
 ter 
 
IO 
 
 The gener all Cure of all Cattell. 1 'Book. 
 
 ter give him a comfortable drench,as two fpoonfuls of 
 Hiapente^ or fuch like, which is called horfe Met hridate 
 in a quart of ftrong Ale. life oft to perfume his Head 
 with Frankincenfe,& in the heatofSummer ufe oft to 
 fwimme him. Let a fat Horfe drink oft, and a little at 
 once, and a lean Horfe whenfoever he hath appetite. 
 Much rubing is comfomble,and cheereth every mcm- 
 ber.Be fure to let-your Horfe eat grafle once in a ycer, 
 for that cooleth the bloud/cours away grolfe humors, 
 &. gives great ftrength and nourifhmenc to the Body. 
 Ifnotwithftandingall thtfe principies,your Horie fall 
 into ficknelfe and difeafe, then lool<e into the Chapters 
 fojlowing,and youfhal find the trueft, beft approved, 
 and the moil familiar medicines for all manner of in¬ 
 firmities, that ever were knowne or publifhed, except 
 my Mailer-piece. 
 
 CHAP. 2. 
 
 Of riding in general^and of the particular knowledges be° 
 longing to the Art of riding of a great Horfejor Horfe 
 forfervicenr pleafure. 
 
 H Aving fpoken fomthing already of horfes,it now 
 followes we fay fomething of the commendable 
 exercife of riding great horfes, which in the very acti¬ 
 on it felf fpeakethGentlemen to all that are performers 
 or doers of the fame. And though our Englifh Gentry 
 from a {loath in their induftry,aym for the moft pare 
 at no more skil, then the riding of a ridden and perfect 
 Horfe , which is but only the fetting forth of another 
 mans vertue, and thereby making therafelves richer in 
 difeourfe then a&ion: yet our Englifh Husbandman,or 
 good o^an, whom I feek to make exa& and perfeft in 
 
I Booke. 
 
 Of the great Horfe. 
 
 all things, dial not onely recreate himfelf by riding the 
 horfes whom the other men have made perfe&,but fhai 
 by his own piadife bring his horfe from utter igno- Th taafuf5 
 ranee to the beft skiUthat can be defired in his motions of Ri ^ Dga 
 wherein he fhall find a twofold pleafure, the one, an 
 excellent contentment to his mind, that he can per- 
 fiom fo worthy an adlion, without the chargeable af- 
 flftance of others,and the ocher a healthfull mpport to 
 his body, when by (uch recreation his fpirits & inward 
 faculties are revived and inflamed. 
 
 But now me thinks, I hear forae fay, that I have ut- . 
 
 terly taken away the tune of this ftring, I have ftneken^^® 8 - 
 fo oft upon it, and that indeed there can be no delight po 
 where there is no variation: and that furely 1 cannot 
 vary any more upon this plaine fong, but the World, 
 will find difeord either in this, or my former defcants. 
 
 But let them not deceive themfelves for my building ^ 
 fiandeth on a firm rock,and I know borh flral be wor¬ 
 thily juftifiable: onely this I mu ft informe all men,that 
 in times pa ft long fince when our firft rules of Horfe- 
 manfhip were given unto us, our Matters were not fo 
 kill full in the abilities of horfes performances as we 
 are,but meafured them by the proportions of their own 
 weaker natures., and thence became fo too much tender 
 over them,that they neither refpedkd the greatndfeof 
 their owne labours,nor the length of time before they 1 
 a (fumed to their defires^ fo in the end they might aipire 
 to their wifhes witn fafety and full fatisfa&iomwhence 
 it came-to pafs that in thofc times, & even now in thefe 
 chiefly amongft thofe which are meerely riders,and no 
 Keepers there is no lefle time allowed to the making up 
 of a perfed horfe,then two ycares, when we know, and 
 my felf from experience can juftifie the fame that if the 
 
la The generall Cum of all Eat tell. i Booke* 
 
 ’ Rider can keepe as wcias Ride, that is,give as well di- 
 re&ions for the prefer vationof a horfes health, and the 
 avoidance of Sorrances and ficknefs, as put in pradtife 
 artfully every violenceto he ufed in hisLdTons,he may 
 very well make up a peered horle in three months, fi t 
 either for pleafure or battaile,which is the fill fcope Sc 
 end of this Trearife: wherein I would not have any man 
 expect either new Rules, or eontradidion of any alrea¬ 
 dy fet down by men of pradife and knowledge in the 
 Art, but onely a ftraightning or drawing of them toge¬ 
 ther into a much narrower compafs 3 giving fatisfadion 
 ~ to our defires and finifhing up our worke with fpecd, 
 
 vvhichbefore was aim oft loft or negle&ed, with the 
 length of our labours,as yon fhall iullypcrccive by 
 f this difeourfe which folio weeh. 
 j-oungCoit, 1 Firft then to fpeak of the taming of a yong colt, which 
 * is asit were the preface or introdudion to the art of ri¬ 
 ding, you fhall after he hath beene in the houfe a week 
 or a fortnight, and is familiar with the man and will 
 withal patiently indure currying, Combing, Rubbing, 
 clawing and handling in every part 2nd member of his 
 body, without any {hew of rebellion or knavifhnefTe, 
 which you fhal compafle by all gentle and eafic means 
 doingnotfaing about him fuddainly or rafhly, but with 
 leifure and moderation: then you lhall offer him a fad- 
 * die, which you fhal fet in the manger before him,that 
 he may finel to it & looke upon it, & you fhal gingle . 
 the girths and ftirrops about his ears,tomake him care- 
 lefleof the noife,then withal gentlenefle,after you have 
 ruKd bis Tides therewithal, you fhal fet it on his back, 
 Kis&dHng tc ^ gi rc j it gently on, and then place his Crooper with 
 s> al eaicjwhich done, you fhal take a fweet watering 
 trench, wafht, and annoynted with .honey and fait 
 -;. " ~ ~ . and 
 
loBook. Of the great Harp.. _ *3 
 
 and put it into hismouth,placing it to lung dire&ly a- 
 bout his tufh, and as it were a litlc leaning thereupon: 
 this you fhall doe in the morning as foon as you have 
 dreft him, and then thus fadled and bridled, yon fhall • 
 lead him forth, and water him in your hand abroad : 
 then bringing him in, and after he hath flood a little 
 reined upon bis trench an hour or more,take away the 
 b.iidle and fuddle,and let him go to his meat till the B - 
 vcr.ing : then lead him forth (as before) with the faddle 
 to tlx- water, then when he is fet up, gently take off his 
 faddle,and chcrifh him,and then drelfe him, and doath 
 him up for all night. 
 
 The next day faddle and bridle him as before faid. Sc The foftbaefe? 
 put on him a ftrong mufrolc of writhen Iron, or a ing. 
 
 {harp Cavezan & Maningal, which you fiiall buckle 
 a t inch length thar he may no more but feel it when he : 
 
 jnrketh. up his head, and then lead him forth into l'ome 
 new plowed field,or foft groundj and there, after you 
 ha\e made him trot a good fpace about you in your 
 hand,& thereby taken away from him all his wanton- 
 nefle,and knavifh diftraclions^you fhal offer your foot 
 to the ifirrop-at which if he ihew any diftalte, either 
 in body or countenance, you fhall then courfe him a- 
 Dout again : then offer again,and with leifure rife half 
 way upland go down again.-at which if he fhrink, cor¬ 
 rect him as before,but if he.take it patiently, then che- • 
 rifh him,and fo mount into the Saddle,which done, af¬ 
 ter chcrifhing, light downe againe, and give him 
 bread or grade to cate: then looxe that your girths be 
 wel si’ ted and {freight: that the crooper be flrong & of 
 ju ftlength, that the bridle hang even,& in his due place 
 without inward or outward offence,that your ffirrops 
 be fit and generally al things without offence either to 
 
 your 
 
7be generall Cure of all Cattell, I Boak. 
 
 f your (elf or to the baeft,Sc then as before, mount his 
 ; back, feat-your felf juft and even in the laddie, make 
 the reynes of your bridl^of equal length, carry your 
 rod without offence to his eye in your right hand, the 
 point either directly upright,or thwarted toward your 
 left fhoulder.-Then having cherithc him,let the Groom 
 which before led him,haviog his hand on the chaff hal¬ 
 ter, lead him forward a dozen or twenty paces, then 
 gently ftrayning your hand, with the help of the foot¬ 
 man make him ftand-ftill,then chcrifh him, and leade . 
 him forward again,and do this five or fix times one af¬ 
 ter another, till by continuall ule you make him of 
 your own accord (without the footmans help) by gi¬ 
 ving your body,and thrufting your legs forward, goe 
 forward,which as foonas.hedoth,you (hall ftay him, 
 and cherifh him,and then fitting on his bacfcc, let your 
 f Gorman lead him home, and bring him to the blocke, 
 where after you have chenlhc him,you iliall gently a- 
 light,& caufe him to be leu up, Sc wel dreft Scmc-ated. 
 The next day you final bring him forth as before, and 
 in all points,take his back,as aforefaid 3 & lb by the help 
 of the footman trot him fore-right half a mile at lea ft; 
 then let the footman lay off his hand. Sc walk by him, 
 till you have of your felfe trotted him forth another 
 half mile,then cherifh him,and make the footman give 
 - him forne grafle or. bread, to eat, & then taking a large 
 eompafle,trot him home,and bring him to the block as 
 befbre,and there alight,ana io fethim rip. 
 
 The 3 d . day let your footman light upon fome fpare 
 Tade,& then bringing your Colt to the llock i take his 
 hack gently,and after ycu have cherifhthim,the other 
 riding before you,follow him forth-right a mile, ever 
 & anone at the end of twenty or thirty fcore,hopping 
 “ the 
 
I Book, Of the great Horfe. if; 
 
 the Colt gently,cherifhing him,and making him yceld 
 and go back a ftep or two,Sc then putting him forward 
 again,till he be fo perfe£t,that with the leaft motion he 
 will go forward,ftop,and retire,which will be efredted 
 in two days more: in which ip ace, if he chance at any 
 time to ftrike or rebel,you fliall make him which rides 
 before you take the fpare reyii, and lead him forward, 
 
 ■vvhilelt you give him two . or three good lafhes under 
 the belly, 8 c then beingsar his way,take the fpare reyn 
 to your felt again: and thus you fhal doe, till all faults 
 be amended : then you fliall fpare your horfeman,or 
 guide, and only by your lelfe for three or tour daye.s 
 more trot him every morning and afternoone, at leaft 
 a mile or two forward, ufing him only to flop and re¬ 
 tire, and bringing him home a contrary way to tha. 
 you went fortb,till he be fo perfect and willing, tha;: 
 he will take his way how or in what manner your fel!’ • 
 pleafeth,ever obferving to mount and diflnount at the 
 blockeonly,. except fbme fpecial oceafiori conftraine 
 you to the contrary. 
 
 ^This you may very well bring to paffe the firft week 
 ofrhe Horfcs riding. 
 
 As loon as you fee your Horfe wil receive you to his The three 
 baeke, trot forth-right, flop and retire,and doe all this Xihorfb! 3 ' 
 with great patience and obedience, you fhal then call mans siifQ 
 into your mind the three maine points of a Horfemans 
 knowledge, which are helpes,corre£tions, and cheri- 
 fhings: and for helpes,they confiftin thefe : Firfr,thc 
 voyce,which founding fharply and cheerfully, crying 
 ViaJjowfeyy and fuch like, adde a f pirit and livelinefle 
 to ths Horfe,and lend a great helpe to all his motions : 
 then the bridlefwhich reftrained, or at liberty, helpes 
 him how to demand ftiewcs which way to do. 
 
 . .. ... ... ^ • jjhejs 
 
i * The gen ernil Cures of all Cattell, I Eooko 
 
 then the Rod which being oncly flrewcd, is a help to 
 direct being only moved, helpes the quickirefle and 
 nimblcneffe of the motion5 and being gently toncht 
 withaljhelpes the loftinefie of a horfes ial ts and lcaps e 
 and makes him as it were gather all his ftrcngdr into on 
 pointjand laftly, the calv es of the Leggcs, ttirrop lea¬ 
 thers, and ftirrops, which moved by thelrorfes fide, 
 helpes him to nimbleneffe, Aviftneffe, and readmeffe in 
 turning. Some to thcle lielpttS'adde the heipcofthc 
 Spur, chiefly in highjfalts or brandings, but it muft be 
 done in a juft and true rime and with fuch gentle bittcr- 
 neflfe that the horfc may imdcrftand it for a help or elfe 
 he will take difta-ft, and finding it favour like correcti¬ 
 on, in ftead of bettering Iris doings, do with more dif- 
 order, as to fpraule with Iris forefeet in advancing, to 
 y erk out with one or both his hinder feet in the corvcit 
 or bounding, fhaking of his head, and fuch like, as will 
 appear in pra&ife. 
 
 Of Corre&i* Nowof Corre&iona the nroft principle is the Spur, 
 che *bc ' Yhicb ivlrich mnft not at any time be given triflingly, or iteh- 
 c ey C '" in gly,bu t foundly and (lrarply, as oft as juft otcafion 
 ihall require: then tire Rod, which upon diforder floth, 
 OL-mifcarriage of the members, mu ft be given alfo 
 foundly then the voice which being delivered fharply 
 ■' an q roughly, as ha villaine^ carr.Q-o, diallo^ and luch 
 
 like threatnings, terrified the lrorfe,and maketh him a- 
 fraid to difobey: and laftly the bridle, which now and 
 thenftricken with' a hard choke in his mouth, refor¬ 
 mer!! many vices and diftcmperaturcs of his head: yet 
 this laft muft be done feldome, and with great dilcreci- 
 on, for to mrke a cuftome thereof, is the ready way to 
 fpoile a horfes mouth. 
 
 Qfch?fifliing qs T 0 \v of cherifhings there arc generally in ufe but 
 ’ three 
 
i Book, OftbegmuHorfe < ty 
 
 ■ forceps firft the voice,which being-delivered fiuoothiy. 
 and IovingIy,as crying hy^therehoy there & (uch 
 like, gives the horle both a ehccrfulncfleof ipirit 5 & a 
 knowledge that he hath done well; theft the hand, by 
 clapping him gently on the neck or buttock, or giving 
 him gralTe or other food, to eat after hc.hath pleated 
 you; and laiUy, the bisee end of the Rod, by niobmg 
 him therewith upon the withers or maine, which is ve¬ 
 ry pleating and ddightfull to the horfe. 
 
 Now after thefc ordinary and a&uall hdps,corre<ftft>; 
 ons and cheri things, you mall have refpeet to theMuf- 
 role, or Caveman and Martingale, which carry in them oftheMuE, 
 all the three former both fcverall andunite;foritjs fir.ft . 
 
 an dpecial heip and guide to every wd-diipoled horfe, M,r? ^ 
 for feting of his head in a true place forming of his 
 -Heine, and making him appear comely and gallant i« 
 
 •the eyes of the befool dersj then it is a foarp correction 
 when a horfe yerketh out his nofe, or di ford ercth. bis,- 
 head any way, or ftrj-cth r o plunge or runne away.wrth- • 
 
 his Rider; And iaftly,it is a great cherifoing unto the 
 Beafowhen he ywld'eth his head to your hanfoby fiiris¬ 
 king trora his lace, and fo leaving any more to tor¬ 
 ment him, but when hcoffcndcth ; whence it comes, 
 that more from this then any thing die, the Horfe fir ft. 
 gaineth the knowledge of his Mailers will, and is defo 
 rous to perform itnherefore you foal be wry carcfoU-» 
 to the placing of this upon the Horlej as fir ft, that k. 
 hang fome-what low, and reft upon the tender GriffcU. 
 of the Hovfes'nofe, whereby the corredion may be the. 
 foarper when occafion requires itj then that it be loots 
 and not fttaight whereby the horfe may fede upon the - ' 
 
 yeelding in of his head, how the offence eoeth from > 
 
 him, and fo know that oncly his owne difbrder is 
 
 D his _ 
 
7he getter all Cure of all Cattell. I Book. 
 
 his own punifhment. Laftly he fhal be careful to note 
 how he winneth the Horfes Head, and by thofc degrees 
 to dra vv his Martingale ftrairer' and ftraiter, fo as the 
 Horit may ever- have a gentle feeling of the fame, and 
 no mo re,till lus Head and Reine be brought to that per¬ 
 fection that you defire,and then there to ftay,and keepe 
 _ ' the Martingale conftantly in that p!a.ce only,which you 
 fhal pertorme in rhofe few- days which you- trot your 
 Horfc- forth-right, being before you bring him to any 
 teflon,moie then the knowledge of your felf, and how¬ 
 to receive you to his backe, and trot forth obediently 
 with you, 
 
 of d;n When your H'orfe is brought unto forae certainty or' 
 dwfa^c-rwg^ein^wil trot forth-right with you at your pleafure,&; 
 
 by your former exercik- therein is brought to breath Sc. 
 delight in his travel, which »tll Igrsw and. encreafe upon 
 him, as )ougrow andincreafe in your lalour, then you 
 fhal bring mm to the treading forth of the large Rings 
 Choice of in this manner : Firfi, tf he leaf heavy-and fiuggijb na- 
 
 grouad, iurejioatbfull and dull, and alien he have strength aud' 
 
 fufictencyof lody , yet you find him Jlovenly and unapt 3t 
 then you (hall trot him into fame new plowedfieldffoft and 
 deepe : But if he le of quicke and of fiery fpirn 3 apt } nim,- 
 Ue 3 and ready to learn, then you jhall trot him imo fome 
 fandy or gravelly place, where is prong and firme foot- 
 f hold, and there you jhall mat he out a fpaciow large 
 
 Ring, at leafi threefcore or four eficore paces in contpajse 
 and having walked him fixe or feven times about 
 ■ the fame on your right band, you fhal then by a little 
 ? firaitning of your right Reine, and laying the calfe of 
 
 your left Legge to his fide, make a-halfe circle with¬ 
 in your Ring upon your right hand, downe to thecen- 
 ler or mid-point thereof, and then by ftraitning your 
 
Of the great Horfe. 
 
 ilSeolu 
 
 left Reine a little,and laying the calfc of your right leg 
 to his remaking another halt circle to your leit banu 
 from the center to the outtnoft Verge, with two ha lie 
 circles contrary turned, will make a pc-rfedt Roman S. 
 within the Ring;then keeping your fir it large circumfe- 
 mice,walke your boric about on your left hand,as oft 
 as you did on your Right, and then change within your 
 Ring as you did before to your right hand again,& then 
 trot him fi rtt on the right hand, then on the ieft,fo long 
 as you fhall think convenient. And although our anci¬ 
 ent Matters in this Jrt have prefenbed unto us certain 
 •numbers ofRing-turnes, and how oft it is meet to goe 
 about on either hand,as if all horfes were of one even 
 ability,yet I wouldwifh yon to negledt thbfe Rules,£k 
 only to pra&ife your horfe in this LefTon,according to 
 his ftrengthof his body,fomtimes applying him therm 
 an hour,lbmtimes two.& fomtirnes three,moie or iefs 
 according to your difcretionifor the (pace of time can 
 neither bring wearinettenor tiringiand for your change 
 of hand,?,you final do it as oft as fhal feem beft to your 
 jelf,being ever very careful! to give him the raoft exer- 
 eife ana that hand,on which he is evenmoft unvvilingeft 
 to go : and in this Itflbn becareful alfoiliat he do it 
 cheerfully, luftily, nimbly, quickning arid inflaming 
 his fpirits by all the means poffible, and when you find 
 that he wil trot his large rings per fe&ly,which wil que- 
 ftionlefs be in lefs thena weeks ('pace,being welappfi- 
 ed therein,for you mutt not foreflovv any morning ex¬ 
 cept the Sabboth day, hardly any after-noc nc: alio if 
 you find him.(loathful and heavy,for there is no greater 
 hinderance then the Riders too much tenderncs^nor no 
 greater furtherance then a continual moderate excrc'ife 
 therefore as I laid,when he will trot his Rings wel,then 
 D, 2 in 
 
 iy. 
 
20 Thrgenerall Cure of all CattelL 1 Book. 
 
 in the fame manner,& with the fame changes, you foal 
 Of ga loping make him gallop the fame Rings,which he foaldo aifo 
 large Rings. w j t [j-g reaf dexterity, lighcnefle, and much nimblencfle, 
 without loling the leaft part or grace of his bell reign, 
 nay lb careful! you fnalbee thereof, that in his gallop¬ 
 ping, you fhall, as it were gather his body together,^: _ 
 make his Heine rather better then it was,and make him 
 take up his feet fo truly and loftily,that not any eie may 
 feeror. perceive a falfhood in his ftroke,buc that his in- - 
 ward feet play before his outward, Sc-eaeh of a fide fol¬ 
 low the other fo diredUy,that his gallop may appear as 
 the bed grace of all his morionstnenher ihali you enter 
 him incothis leflon raih ly & hafiily,but foberly Sc with 
 difcfetion,making him tirfogailop a quarter of the ring,. 
 then half, then three parts, and laftly the whole Ring; 
 neither foal you forcehim in to his galop with violence 
 or the foarpnefs of fpurs,but with fpirit Sc mettal,ma- 
 king him by the lightnes and chec-rfulnes of your own 
 body,palTe of his own accord into his gallop,and cfpc-' 
 dally in his changes,where you may' let him feel your 
 Leg,and fiiew him your rod on the contrary fide: and 
 herein is-to be noted,that continually thofc changes fin 
 as much as they are made in a much ftraiter com pa fie) 
 mu a be done ever with great quickne{Te,and more ftir- 
 ring tiimbienefie then intire Leffon, “ 
 
 ke’Msin tk blow for the helps neceflary in thefe large ring-turns,, 
 lasting they confi ft generally in the Voice , Rod 3 calves of your 
 
 turnw, JLegs, and the Eridle-jn the voice by quickriinghim up, 
 
 and reviving his fpirits when hegrowes flothful, with 
 thefe words, or viat In thy Rod } by /hewing 
 
 It him' on the contrary fide,or laying it on the contrary 
 fhoulder, and fometimes by foakingit over his Headf, 
 (which is a kind of th reaming jehiefl y when you make 
 ' your 
 
f l Book. . Qf the great Horfe, ' 2 1 
 
 your changes .In the calves of your legs,when you clap 
 them hard to. the contrary fide,to which he tumeth, or 
 by fpringing and jerking your legs forward, hard.upon' 
 your .ftinop-leathcrs.wiuch wil quicken faim,and'make 
 him gather up his limbes better than the fpuir by many 
 degrees:and laftly in the Bridlejay drawing it in a little 
 ilraiter,and holding if- with fome more conftancy when' 
 
 .pou put any.of your former- helpes.in ule, or doe any 
 thing withim'ore lileor courage, forrhat makethhisn. 
 drawhis limbes togetheryand to ftraiten his'rings with' 
 
 graceiy eomelinefle. , i . t . 
 
 •For the. corrections in thefe large, rings, they be di- comaiom in 
 vers,; as namely, the Bridle,cthe Spur,-); and theRod, Kc rin g-w« £ 
 and lometimes the voice, yet that butdeldome: for the: " 
 bridle:yOu lhalicorrect your horfe themith ifhe carry 1 : ; y. 
 headorchaps.avyry.make as it were mowcs and ill-fa- 
 vouredcpurttenances, giving- him now, and then a; little 
 check-in thfejmouth^and awaknihghim fromfuch for¬ 
 getful palfions,ior now and • then; drawing-the trench to 
 and fro in-his mouth,which wil reform.the errour then 
 the.fpur which muft.be laid ftiarp and hard tohisfides 
 when you findyouf helpes-wil do no. goody but that 
 his (loth rather more and more increaieth, or whehhee 
 prefieth and hangeth hard -upon your hand, or loofeth 
 the touch of his reine, or fuch like 1 vices; for the rod, 
 when you- findthaf ht.e negle&etu. : the ifhewwgior. fHa? 
 king of it, of when he diiordetiyanyiof his hinder- patts 
 and wil not gather them up comely, together, diem you, v 
 flial therewith givchimja found ;la(h or two under,the . 
 bei!y,o t r over the contrary fhoulder,and to any. ofthele 
 former core<ftions,yoiV(iial eyer accompany the threat-; 
 ning of y our voice,when the fault is to much foule.and 
 no othervyilcjbecaufe there ilrould be ever an entire love 
 D 3 betwixt 
 
22 The generall Cures of all Cattell. I Bookc. 
 
 betwixt rhe horfe and the Horfe-man which continual! 
 chiding wil either take away,or at leaftroot,outthe[ap» 
 
 : preheafioa thereof. 
 
 ** ^ ow for your cherifilings, they are thofe which I for- 
 meriy fpake ofj only they tnuft be ufed at no time but 
 when your horfe doth wel,& hath pleafed your mind, 
 both with his cunning & tradablenes: & although the 
 time for the fame be when he hath finilh’d his lelTons,yet 
 there is a fecret plcafmg Sf^herifhing of a horfe with 
 the bridle,which muft be ckercifcd in the doing of his 
 leflbns, & that is the fweetning of his mouth, by a little*, 
 ceafing of your bridle hand,& gentlydrawingit up back 
 again,lettinng it come & eo wxth fuch an unperceiving 
 motion that none but die beaft may know it. 
 
 <**$* When your horfe can trot & gallop thefe large rings 
 Sck 6 . lY • with all perfe#nefle, which with good induftry wil be 
 
 perfected in lefle then a fortnights exercile, you fhall. 
 then proceed to make him flop fair,comely, and with¬ 
 out danger, which you (hall doe in this manner: Firft 
 as {bone as you have taken his back, cherilh him, put 
 him gently forward and bring him into arfwift trotj af¬ 
 ter. youhave trotted him forty or threefcore yards for¬ 
 ward, you (hal by drawing in your bridle-hand ftraitly 
 and foddeniy make him gather his hinder legs,and fore¬ 
 legs together, and fo in an inftant ftand ftill v which as 
 ' fbone as he doth immediatly, you fiial eafe your hand 
 
 a littie,yetnot fo much as may give him liberty to prefs 
 forward, bul rather to yeeld back-ward, which if you 
 find he doth,you fhall give him more liberty and ehe- 
 rifti him, and then having paufed a while,draw in your 
 bridle-handj aiid make him go back two, or three, pa- 
 £es,at which if he ftick inftantly,eafe your hand, and 
 draw it up againe, letting it come and go till he yeeld 
 
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 and go back-ward, whichf for the mofl part) all horfes 
 -as the firft wil doe: but ifit be that your horfe retell 
 and wil not go back with this gentle admonition, you 
 fhal then caufe a foot-man ftanding by to put him back 
 with his hand,andin his motion you fhal cherifhhim, 
 that he may underftand what your wil is: Sc thus every 
 time you make him ftop,you fhal make him retire 
 til in on fpaceof time you have made both leflons per¬ 
 fect,and this pra&ice you fhal ufe both til you come to 
 your large rings and at every time that you finifh your 
 leflon, or give the horfe breath or eafc: whereby you 
 fhal perceive that your horfe lhal learn to trot and gal¬ 
 lop the large rings, to flop and retire back all in one 
 fpace of time,becaufe you fee fucceflively the follow 
 one another, 5 c are to be done (though thrce)but as on 
 entire leflon. 
 
 Now for the helps in thefe lefons , the he ft fat flopping Jfelpe*,' 
 is the choice of ground as hy making your barfs ever to 
 flop him dowse the floap'e of fome hid , or difcending , 
 ground^ whereby he may he compet'd to couch his hinder 
 loines the better , andfo make him flop mofl command to 
 obferve that the ground he firm-and hard 1 without danger 
 ofjliding , left the horfe finding fttch an imperfeUion 
 growfeavefud aud fo refufe tom your wid out of his own 
 danger, - . * 
 
 1 In retiring you fhall helphimwithyout rodflyputting 
 it before bis breafi s or fhaking itbeforeirit knees * ts make 
 him, remove his feet more quicksand ninthly „ 
 
 For corredipns in flopping, it riitift fometimes be c 2 rteft l0 - 
 done by yourfelfas with the even flrokedf your fpurs 
 when in this flop he difordereth his head;or with any 
 one Angle fpurre, when he cafteth out his hinder loines, 
 and wil not flop right in an even line, and fometimes it 
 D 4 muft 
 
-24 The general Car e of all Cattell. iBook,, i 
 
 mud be done by another by-Aandcr,wher£ he're/ufeth 
 toftop at all,who ftandihg at the place or .flop,as foon 
 asyoudrawilpyour hand, iTial with his rod threaten 
 the horfe^.ndruake him netware to prefs forwarder if 
 He do prcdTe forwardjCO make him. retirefwifdy back 
 fo much ground as he gamed, both your fdfe and the 
 by ftancer,raring him with your voices. extreamJy;for 
 corc^xonsinrearingcheyaretheevcnftrokesor'.both 
 .ypurfpurs, when he flicks or prefles upon your hand,, 
 and wilnot vecld backhand alio your rod flnick fha'rply 
 upon his knees and breafts,and the rod of a by^flander 
 ftruck upon bis brtafl, knees. and face when his flub * 
 bofnneife is too violent. . 
 
 ^ But for his cheriihiiigs they he all formerly fpoke of 
 Chcrifelngsi when your wil is comc-ly and obediently performed^ 
 befides the addition of iome other as a prefent eafing 
 ..... of your bridle hajtd, and the. chapping and cherifhing 
 Ofthe by-flandery and fo ofFe-nng.him.coftandand rc- 
 , cover breath a good /pace after. 
 feloJ 13036 When your borfe'can flop and retire vve -1 which may¬ 
 be done in .t^e fame: fpace that you teach him his large 
 ring-turns,forir is avitvy,er<s three leifons leam'd in one, 
 you-ihal then, teach him to. advance before whenhee 
 floppethj Which is very .comly and graceful! to the be? 
 holders f and you ihal do it in this manner: After you 
 hayeftogped ypur.hprk^wifdout giving.your hand any 
 iai^ydu jfhai lay .the calves of both your legs hard to. 
 his fides, c and add thereto the noifeof- the fnaking of 
 - ; ypurrodj .andiypHryoice by crying »p^p 5 which wil at 
 
 nrfl;(peradventurey>but a, httkamaze him ,,becauiehe, 
 underftanikth not your meaning: ‘Therefore, yoti fhall. 
 puthmdft^ard'.again,, aftd doe as before andthat 
 withaketie more continuing, the prafticeof 
 
 • • • the 
 
.... r Booke. ■ , Of.tfcegteat-Ho'tfe.' ■va/v I' ^ 
 
 the fame till you perceiv e hejaketh one-foot from the 
 earth,then cherifh him a little, and- fo .tp the lefloos : ar 
 gain, till he taketh up both his legs from-.thegioun^ 
 
 . which when he doth orderly or diiorderly 3 yetcherifli 
 him exceedingly,that he. may. come to the knowledge of 
 your meaning without which all your labour is loft; 
 then to your former pra&ice-again,till you havebroiight - • ,.:s 
 
 .himto that pet fedne-fle, thathe wilvyith all readinefle 
 ailvancpas oft as you wil givehim the-calvsof your.Iegs 
 to his fideSjbe it lefie or more times togetherrthis done 
 you (hal looke to the-order and comejineffe of his ad- 
 vancingias firft that hee takes up his legs both even to¬ 
 gether^ and wind them inwards, towards his bpdy; then 
 that he advance not to high (for feareofeomming.over 
 upon you)but couch his hinder loins dole to the ground - • ■'' 
 then that he fprauleth not,nor paweth.with his feet fon- 
 wardrand laftly. that.fte. advance .not for his own plear 
 fure, but when you-comniahd him by your own direift 
 and orderly morions, for the contrary is a foul fault in 
 Horfemanfhip. 
 
 For helps in this ltjftbn,they arethe calves of your legs Helped 
 the fhaking ofyonr rpdover hishead,and your voice,as 
 is before faid,and the defeentof fome hanging- ground, 
 which wil make his hinder loins couch the better. 
 
 , The corredions are according to the natureof offen¬ 
 ces as the evm ftroke of yourSpurser a good lafh^ith c,rreia!c *o 
 your rod 3 whenyoi!i;fee he fixej|i.^s ( F©et i to ; Ae ground, 
 and -ftubbomely . applies himielfe todifobey you, 
 or will take -up .his . .fecte one 'af ter another,". and not 
 both together. .1 f. hee doe advance too high fo as he.is. 
 ready to come over upon you, or. if fie, fpraule or paw 
 forth with his feete,:youfhali thennot onely give him 
 bothyour fpurs hard together but alfo agoodjerke 
 ." Of 
 
ThegenersllCare ofaUCattell, 
 
 Or two with yourrod between his ears:but ifheadvance 
 when you would not have him, you dial then in the 
 iameinftant jerk him over both the knees with your 
 rod-andifhe advance again, jerk him again,not ceafirig 
 til he fixe his feeet to the ground or go backward, and 
 then cfeeriih him. 
 
 ejicri&iagt. For perticular cherifhings in this Leflbn, they are no 
 
 other then thofe former Ipoke of,onely they muft be 
 done with a more ready watchfulnefle,in the very in- 
 ifenc and moment of a time in which he performeth any 
 thing weI,thattheHorfe mayunderftand why,8e where¬ 
 fore he receiveth fuch contentment, & thereby beincou- 
 taged to continue in his gooclnes, & be more ready to 
 apprehend his Riders pleafure. 
 
 Vwcinz- li ' For ^ ufeof advancing,!! is two-fold:asnameIy,to 
 
 ' give a grace to his other lefions,& to bring his body to 
 
 nimblenes: yet for the moft part,’it is oneiy ufed at the 
 flop, where when you have finilh’d any leflbn, if then 
 concluding with the ftop you make him advance, once, 
 twice 3 or thrice, it wil be both a grace to die bead, and 
 fiiew much art in theHorle-manja Ifo it maketh a horle 
 
 apt & ready to ram welj& maketh him trull to his hin¬ 
 der Iegs,whereby his fore-parts maybe directed, & go¬ 
 verned at'the horfe mans pleafure. ; 
 
 Next to advancing, ybu : fhall eeach your Horfe to 
 yeifcbehind in this manner: -When at any time you 
 have made him ftop, you dial prefently with your rod 
 give him a good jerk under his belly,neer to nis fianck 
 which though at the firfthe apprehend not, yet by a 
 continual and conft ant tile thereof, you dial - in the end 
 bring-him to yerkout His hinder legsj at the firli doing 
 whereof,you dial cheridvhitn,f6r thatisthe only lan¬ 
 guage by which he knowes : h : e doth' yotff v&lahd then 
 - . having 
 
Book. -_ 0 / the great Morje,, _ g 7 
 
 having pavfted a little make him do; it again,; incrcafing 
 it every day,and doubling his doings,til he be fo ready, 
 that when you pleafe to give the jerke,he yyil then give 
 the yerk, aud then you foal look fp the comelinefle 
 of his doings, that is to. fay,that he yerk not out his hin¬ 
 der Iegs 3 til his fore-legs be above the ground, then that 
 he yerk not one kg farther out then the other,but both . 
 even together, then thatheyerke not too high, and 
 laftly, that he yerke not one leg out whilft the other is 
 on tie ground,all which are errours ofgrea.t grofnefs, 
 
 Ther fore to make the horfe more perfect in this leflbn 
 it fhal be good to teach him to yerk put behind,when 
 he ftandetnin the ftableby jerking hint pn thp buttocks 
 with your rod, and not ceafing to moled him till 
 he raile his rump above the ground,and then to cherifh 
 hjm 3 and fo to apply him without any eafe and reft,till 
 he do your wiljthen when he is perfed to put the. feme; 
 in pradice when you are in the fieldon hisback,by tur-. 
 ning your rod in your hand to his buttock-ward, and 
 touching him therewith^ to make him yerk as afore* 
 faid. .. v 
 
 For the helps/hey are the copftant ftaying his ipouth Heipes. 
 on the bridle,the ftrokc of your, rod under his belly, 
 or the gentle touching him upon the rump with the 
 feme. 
 
 The corredions are oncly the.eyenftrokepf your c®rreaio7t^ 
 Spurs, when either he refuigth toyerke y pr ye^th 
 out diforderly,& out of malice* pr the ftngle Spu^fon 
 that fide on which he yerketh out raoft diforderly: and 
 laftly,a reftlefle holding of hitn to the leffon,not giving 
 him any reft os cafe, till he do it in that manner which 
 you can wifo. 
 
 Then for his pherifhings, they are ali thofe formerly Chcrlftings? ) 
 mentioned 
 
2*8 
 
 Thegenerdll Cure-of ^U Cattel, I Book.' 
 
 ■metftiShedj-bdng bellowed -upon lira ia the very ia-; 
 ftanr of his wel-doing. 
 
 ' ■ When your horfe is perfect in all the jeflbns formerly 
 fpoke ofj and-under ftandfeth -tbehelpes and edrre&ions 
 belonging- tafheTarae^ou fhal then-teach hint to turn 1 
 readily on both hantfe, by ftraitning his largerings, and 
 bringing thentinto a much Icffe compafTerand although 
 amongft Horfe-inen, : atid in- the - Art of Horfeman- fhip 
 there are divers and Ivnidry td rneSjfome high and lofty 
 as^the turrieupoh'theG , o^c« 5 Cdp, ; io7f’J i OL ; on bounds,loine 
 dole and rieer the ground, as the runeT^mr, ~ar ra i or 
 thefe wee call 'Car/tlogo^Serpeigitue^ anc luch like, and 
 fbmefWiftahd flyingas the Tneatialti/^ChamOettajitid. 
 fadh4ikeiye^ fiththey-all labdiir but «>GHedhd,whkh 
 is to bring an;horfe to an exaft fvvifmeffeand readinelTc 
 in turning, 1 will in as- brief and plain manner as I cah ; 
 fhew-ypu-hdw to coinpafe the fatne.Firft^herfore^ou; 
 fhal makeout a ring- tome thredor foiire yards in com- 
 pafli^and in the fame with all gcntleneffe a while Walk : 
 your horfe, fuffering-bim to go the fame at his own 
 pleafure, gathering his head up by a little and little,& 
 
 : >making himtakepleafufe inthei{ame,till : 'you find that 
 he taketh knowledge of the Ring’and wilwith all wil-‘ 
 JmgndTe make about the.fame^oveti ng rather to ftrai- 
 ten it, than enlarge it,which perceived you (hall then 
 <r : & fomWhat flrnit yet 
 
 dgjfepft fbaie Whddmore->ftrait'thah the 
 
 int^fe,m 2 kjngthe horfe ; ratlier look from, the ring than 
 into the ring aacf the cilve’of yoar legfas occafion fhal 
 fcrve) feme what neer to the outwardpartof the horfe, 
 &thdi yoii fhal trpf him about the ring,firft on die One 
 fide and then on the other,making your changes within. 
 - -- that if raitring,-ks you djtf'freiprc Within the large ring. 
 
 ' . or 
 
iBook, Of the great Horfe. _ 29 
 
 And in this fort without ceafing, you fhal exercife 
 your Horfe a full hour together, then ftop him, make 
 him advance twice or thrice together, then retire in an 
 even Line, and fo {land ftil a putty while, and cherifh 
 him, then when he hath taken frern breath, to him a- 
 gayne, and do as before, continually labouring by rai¬ 
 ling up your bridle hand and rhrufting forward your 
 Legs, and bodyjto bring fus trot to ail the fwiftnes,and 
 loftines that may be, and in your changes to do them fo 
 readily, and roundly as may be-alfo,making.him to lap 
 his outmoft leg fo much over his inmoft leg,that he may 
 cover it more then a foot over,and thus you fhal exer- 
 cife him a whole forenoon at leaf! a week together,only 
 do ng his former leffbns but once over in a morning,& 
 no more, and in this pradife you teach hini perfedly 
 three leffons together,thatis,the turne Termerfrrajhc 
 Incava.Lreji.wi th e-Cbamhetta^ the. turn Terra^ Terra , in 
 the outmoft circle of the ftrait Ring,and th tlncavahre 
 and Chambetta in the changes,wherein he is force to lap 
 one Leg over another, or die-to lift up the inmoft leg 
 from the ground while he; brings the outmoft over it: 
 and furely in this Ring,and thefe ehanges,confifteth all 
 the main Art of turning, and the chiefeft glory both of 
 the horfe and the horfe-matnSc therefore it is meet for 
 every Rider to,think this leffon tiever perfe&ly learnt, 
 and ti eiefore continually to pra&ife his horfe italic 
 fame, making him not only tread and trot thefe narrow 
 rings,but aifo galop-them, and from galoping them, 
 to paffe them about in ground falts, as by taking up Iris 
 forelegs from the ground both together, and bringing 
 his hinder feet into their place, and fo palling the Ring 
 about once,or fwice,or thrice,at your pleafurc,or as oft 
 as the horfes ftrength & courage wil alo\v:& this is rhe 
 
 true 
 
3° . _ Thegenira.ll Cure of albCattel. I Book. 
 
 true turn,called Term, Terra , and of greateft reepeft 
 withHorfe-men,and likewife with Souldiers$ and this 
 ■willeveryhorf * ’naturally and eafly be brought tmloe.ndy 
 ■by a continual! trotting.and galloping of thefe narrow 
 rings. Thus you fee the perfe&neJSe of your large rings 
 brings youf horfe to an eafie ufe of the flrait rings- and 
 the eafie knowledge of the strait. rings brings a hotfe. tot he 
 perfeSionef turning'^ which is the ground and mainefum 
 of this Art S as flopping begets retiring ,. andretiring ad¬ 
 vancing .Thus every lej-' on as it were a ebaine is linckt one 
 to another, 
 
 Helpcs. The helps belonging to turning,arc all whatfeever are 
 formerly fpoken of^btcaule it is a Leffon ".which lejides 
 that it contdineth in it fe-lfe dll other lejjons , fo it nwfl be 
 done with more courage 3 Art 3 and nimblenejse, then any 
 elfe whatfeever-, and therefore the HcrlLhad need of all 
 the afliftance that can' poflibly be given him. 
 
 The corre&ions are the fpurs given on the otumoft 
 carre wn\ f5 c j c _ )VV { ien t h e Horfe ltickes, and is harder to come a- 
 bout on the one fide, then on the other; and the Rod 
 ftricken harden the outmoft fide of rheoffending mem 
 ber,as alfd a continuall labour, \yheh the Horfe thews 
 either unwilingneffe or difobedience: touchingthe un- 
 nimblcnelTe ol his turning when he beats one Legge a- 
 gainft another,or treads one foot upon another,the raps 
 aiflthurtshe dothhimfelf are fufficicnt eorredions, & 
 wil both make him know 1 his faulty and amend it. 
 r , . For his cheriftiings.they are alfo the former already 
 
 Vfenjtiiugs. pp 0 ^ e0 £^. ?f tQ p e u j- g j ( ijpQffifie y with greater came it- 
 ftejjeflnas much as tbis LejSon being wofl cunnings would 
 for the performance thereof ever receive- the me ft • corn- 
 
 : ' fort. : ' .h ■ sj... ■ ■ ■■ . -'it ■ -,■■ 
 
 Your Horfe being brought to this perfe&ion, that he 
 ' ■■ wil 
 
j Booke. Of tbe-great Horfe. : 3I 
 
 wil perfedly tread ; his large rings, flop, retire,advance 
 bef ore,.yerk behind '.and .turn .readily on either hand, 
 you fhal thc,i take away his mufroleand trench,and in 
 head thereof put upon hrs head a gentleCavezan or two : 
 joynts,and three peeces, with a chap-band underneath,, 
 which you fhal bucklcclofe, but not ftrait,and be fure 
 that the cavezan lie upon the tender griffel of,the horfes 
 nofc, fome-what ncer to the upper p-rtof hisnoftrils, 
 then to the chap-band you fhal fatten the Martingale, 
 and laftly to the rings on each fide theCavezan you fhal 
 lai\en long divided reines,more then a yard and a halfe 
 in length a peece, then into his mouth you.fhalput a ; 
 fweet finooth cannon bit,with a plain watering chain e, 
 the cheek being of large fize, fo as it may artne a iittle 
 above the point of his fhoulderjand the kirble fhal .b. e 
 thick, round &.ferge, hanging loofely upon his",nerhet ■ ' 
 lip, and intifing the horfe with his.lip'.to play vvich.thq 
 fame. Thus armed you fhal take Ids back,and calling, 
 the left reine of your cavezan over the. horfes .right" 
 fhoulde.r,you fhal bear it. with your,thumb a wi^h tl]e 
 reines of the bitin you rl eft hand ^andtheright reines 
 of the cavezan you fhal call over the hqrfejJefpfhoull 
 demand bear it with your rod in your right hand, and 
 fo trot him forth the fir ft morning out right a mile or 
 two.in the high way,..making him only feele and grow 
 acquainted with the.bit, and onelymakinghim how. & , 
 
 then flop and retire, and gathering up. his head into a 
 due. place, and fafhioning his reine with all-the beauty 
 .and comelineffe that may be, which done,i;he next day 
 you iTral bring himpp.hisJargc.ringSjandas vyas before 
 you did 
 
 with the lhafierfirft.in trorting,tt|en in galloping of the 
 famej then make him ftop,retire advance,yerkebehind. 
 
' 3 2 7&e generallCares of all Cattilh :i Boofce„ 
 
 and come uporuheir hand with agreat.deaLmorcper- 
 fe&neffe,ana rrtore gra£c then Was formerly done with 
 theerenehjwhtch is-an eafie labour,tn as. much as the bit 
 is of much better command, and brings, mo re comeli- 
 nefs to the horfes motionsjs alfo a greater help,a fhar- 
 . per corre&ion,and a cherifher of more comforc then a- 
 ny before ufed. And thus in the firft moneth.you may 
 make any horfe perfeft upon the trene in the leffons be¬ 
 fore fpoke of, fo.in the'fecond moneth you may make 
 the fameLeffonsa great deal more perfect upon the bit, 
 & fo r prefumc in too months, to have apeffedt ground 
 horfe, ficeither for Souidier or Schollar, that hath any 
 good rules of Horfeman-fhipin him. 
 
 Now forafmuch as the Art in turning in horfes is of 
 ort&ewn’mg great di5iculty,andought of alJLeffons to be moft el- 
 ^ labor ate, I will fpeak a little further thereof, and (hew 
 youthepraftife of thefe prefent times,for the beft ac- 
 complifhment of the fame,without ftirring vp evil mo¬ 
 tions in the Horfe, whence Reftivenefle, and other vild 
 errours do grbw.j for it is certain that every Horfe na¬ 
 tural^‘defimrh neither offence, nor to offend; but the 
 tafli dfcretion of ignorant Horfe-raen,\vhich wil com- 
 pell a Horfe to do,before he know what,or how to do, 
 is the besetting of thofe evils which arc hardly or ever 
 ; RecIainiSd-for a'horfeis like an il brought vp boy,who 
 
 Kfcvi$j| ledrnt dAfeketmcffe in his youth, will hardly be 
 fober in His age^and having once got a knavifh quality, 
 though he be never To much punifhed for the fame, 
 will yet now and then (hew that the remembrance fsi 
 nbt dtiefly e^guifhediand fbrafaiucH as in thisLcf- 
 
 foh bTftraittUmes^thereiifoniuch^hridus'hardnefle 
 that a Horfe is moft fub]e&"tb : Rcbe!, and Ieamc many 
 eyils thereby,therefore to prevent allthofe evils, you 
 
I Bookc. Of the great Horfe f 
 
 33 
 
 • ihal caufe a fmooth ftrong port to be wel fam'd Si f ixr - 
 ed in the earth in the midft of. the ftrait ring,at the ve¬ 
 ry point & Center thereof; then caufing a foot-man to 
 ftand at the poft, you ihal give him the right reine 
 of your cavczan which you ihal make him hold about 
 the poftjSi fo walk or trot your horfe about the,fame 
 on your right hand as long as you pleafe; then taking 
 up the right rein.give him the left rein,& do as much 
 upon the left hand,& thus change from hand to hand, 
 as oft as you fhal think convenient,til you have brought 
 your horfe to the abfolute perfection of every turne, 
 the poft being fuch a guide and bond unto the horfe, , 
 
 -that albeit the horie men were of himfelf utterly igno- 
 rant,yet it is impoffible the horfeihouldeitherdifor- 
 der or difobey the Riders purpofe. 
 
 When your horie can thus perfectly fee every fe- Qi nsnaginf 
 verall turne either ftrait or open with his bit, you 
 •fhal then teach him to manage,which is the onely po¬ 
 sture for the ufe of the fword on horfe-back, and you 
 -fhal doe it in this manner: Firft, caufe fome by-ftan- 
 dcr to pricke up in the earth two riping Rods, about 
 -twenty or forty yards or more, as you thinke good, 
 diftant one from the other; then walke your horie 
 in a ftraight turne or Ring about, the firft on your * 
 right hand, and fo paifmg him iu an even furrow 
 downc to the other Rod, walke about it alfoina 
 narrow Ring on your left hand, then thruft him into 
 a gentle gallop downe the even furrow, till you come 
 to the firft Rod, and there making him,as it were flop 
 & advance without any paule or mtermiffion of time,. 
 hruft him forward againe, andbeate the turne Terra, 
 
 Terra , about it on your right hand, then gallop forth 
 right to the other Rod, and in. the fame manner beate 
 the turne about on your left hand; and thus doe as 
 E ' "" oft 
 
{34 Tbe getter all Cures ofall Cat tell. x Bookc.' 
 
 oft as you fhal thinkir convenient for yourownpra- 
 dice and the horfes ftrength. 
 
 Now of thefe manages our ancient mafters in horfe- 
 ^manfhip have made divers kinds,as mamgc with reft, 
 ® fW3 “ * andmanage without reft, manage with Angle turners, 
 and manage with double turnes } which indeede doth 
 rather breed confufion, than underftanding in cither 
 the horfe or horieman.-ther fore for your better know¬ 
 ledge, I wi I reduce them oncly but to two kinds: that 
 if,manage open,and manage clofe: your open manage 
 is that which I {hewed you before, when you tume 
 Terr* Tetri, which is the moft open of ali ftrait turns: 
 and your clofe manage is when you tume upon the in- 
 caialarepz Cbam&ecta^vhich are the clofeft of alturns 
 & may be done as before I fnewed in a flying manner, 
 even upon one foot, which although it be artful^ yet 
 it is not fo glorious and fafe for the Souldiers pra< 5 hfe, 
 finely this you may be moft allured of, that when a 
 Horl’e can manage upon both thefe turnes^ie may man¬ 
 age without more inftruftion* upon any other turae 
 whatfoever. 
 
 When your horfe is perfect in the manages before- 
 faid,you may then pafs 2 carer at your pleafure,which 
 to run y OUr horfe forth-right at his ful fpced,& then 
 making him ftop cjuickly, fuddenly, firme,& clofe on 
 his buttock: in which leffon there ncedeth little inftrd- 
 fidoas,but only fome few obfervations,as fir ft,that you 
 make not your care/e too long,whereby the horfe may 
 . be weakned, nor too iiiorr, whereby his true wind and 
 courage may be undifeovered, but cpiupetent and in¬ 
 different, as about 4 or 5 fcore yards at the moft: then 
 that you ftart him gently without a frightrand laftly, 
 that you firft give him a little .warning with your bridle 
 fcandj agd then flpphj^i flrme ly ana ftrorigly; which 
 
iBook, , Of the great Horfe. 3 5 
 
 place offkopjifitbe a little bending down-ward,ic.is a. 
 great deale the better,And thus in thefe Ieffonsalready ] 
 fliewed'yoUjConfifteth allthe full perfection of a horle 
 for iervice in the warres, which any painful man may. 
 bring his horfe wel unto in lefs then three moneths,hoW 
 ever our ancients in former time have been blmdcd,aad 
 in the fame pra&ice, have wafted. two ycers ere they 
 brought it to perfection. 
 
 Now foraftnuch as to the Art of riding belongeth s 
 
 divers other tales and leaps, right pleafant and curious • 
 
 to behold, and though not generally Ufcd in the wars, 
 yet not titterly ufelefle for the fame, and fith they are 
 many times very needful for the health of mans body 
 I wil by no meanes abridge our Englifh Husband-man 
 of tKe fame 3 but proceed to the leffons which are meet 
 for horfes .of pleafute, of which the firft is to make a 
 horfe bound aloft with al his fpure ieetc from the of bounding 
 ground and you fhal doe it in this manner : when you aloft, 
 have trotted your horfe forth-right a dozen or twenty 
 yards, you fhal flop hii% and when he hath advan¬ 
 ced once or twice,you fhala little ftraitenyour bridle- 
 hand, and then give him the even ftroke of both your 
 fpurs together hard, which at firft will but onely quic¬ 
 ken and. amaze him, but doing it againeand agamept 
 wilbrcedc other thoughts in him, ana he being of fpi- 
 rit and mettail ( as it is loft labour to offer toteach a • 
 
 jade fucli motions ) hee, wil prefentiy gather up his 
 body, and either rife little or. much from the ground, 
 thenprefently clierifh him, and after fome reft, offer 
 Him .che .. ; lik<2:agaijie 5 apdthus.cb till you have made 
 him bound twice or thrice: then make much of him, 
 and do no more for that day;, the next day renue his 
 Leffon againe , and double his cxe'rcifc, mcreafing 
 £q day. by day, t/ll hee come to,.that .perfeilh'effe^ 
 
The general!, Cure of allCattel. I Bookj 
 
 ) that he vvil bound whenfoever you Spurs fhal com? 
 
 mand him. 
 
 OfchsCarre When your horfe can bound perfedly, then you 
 • • fhal teach him the corvct in this manner: you fhal at 
 
 the comer where two wals joyne together, a little hol¬ 
 low the ground a Horles length or more, and then 
 place a Imooih ftrong poft by the fide of the hollow- 
 nefle a horfes length likewife from the wall; then over 
 againft ti e poft fallen an yr'on Ring in the wal; this 
 done, ride your horfe into the hollow place and fatten 
 one of the reines of the Cavezan unto the Ring* and the 
 other about the poft,then after you have cl .erifht your 
 horfe, make him advance, by the help of the calves of 
 your legges onely twice or thrice together; then let 
 him Hand ftill, and cherifh him ; then make him to 
 advance again at Ieaft a dozen times together : then reft, 
 and after advance twenty or forty times together, dai¬ 
 ly increafing his advancings as he growes perfc-d thcr- 
 ln, till you perceive that he. hath got fuch habit there¬ 
 in that he will by no means^relTe forward,but keeping 
 his ground ccrtaine, advance both before and behinde 
 of an ecpuall height, and keepe one juft and certaine 
 time with the motion of your legs,neither doing flow¬ 
 er nor fafter,but all after one manner and leifure : but 
 if vou find that he doth not raife his hinder-parts high 
 enough then you fhal caufe a foot-man to {land by you 
 and as you make him advance before,To the foot-man 
 by jerking him gently upon his hinder fillets with his 
 rod, to raife up his* hinder parts: alfo this wil bring 
 your horfe in few daies • to a per fed and brave-corvet,- 
 lo that after you may do it any place where you'pleafe 
 without the help either of yoiir wal or poft or other 
 oftte gaiiop by-ftander. 
 
 Gai^r^ k . When your horfe is made perfed in the corvet and 
 
 • w “ ! — -~ '" " that 
 
i r Bookc, Of the. great Horfe. . . • 37 
 
 that lie will do it readily and comely, you lhail -at the 
 end of every third or fourth advancing, give him the 
 ftroak of your fpurs, and make him bound aloft; then 
 put him to his corvee againe as before, and then make 
 him bound again, and thus at the end »f every third 
 advancing fee you make hi m bound,for the length of a 
 tilt-bar, or an.ordinary managing furrow, according to 
 the horfes ftrength: and this is called th egaliop galliard^ 
 which if it be taught a horfe along by the fide o t feme 
 wal or fmooth pale,it is fo much the-better,and a great 
 deale fewer difbrders wil arife and trouble the Rider. t j, c 
 The next Lcilon you fhal teach your horfe after the oi'c 
 gallop galliard, isrne Cap-iolle or Goates leap,which is 
 the fame manner of motion which the corvet is,only it is 
 to be done forward,and much ground gained in the fair, 
 
 & the horfe is to raife his hinder parts as high or rather 
 higher then his fore-parts, and to keep rather a fwiftcr 
 then flower time in doing of it;therfore when you teach 
 your horfe to do it you lhal bring him into iome hol¬ 
 low furrow where the ground is a little difcending,and 
 turning his head to the defeent, put him into the corvet 
 temperate and gently ; then when you give him the 
 calves of your legs to raife up his fore-parts in the fame 
 inftant jerke your leg violently forward againe^hat he 
 may not fticke, but carry his hinder legs after his fore- 
 Icgges, and letTome skilful foot-man ftanding by your » 
 
 lice jerk the horfe over the fillets with hisRod,&make 
 him raife up his hinder parts: and thus do without 1 cea- 
 fing, till he performe your will nimbly Ond cunningly, 
 
 Mid then forget not to cherifh him and give him al conj- 
 fbrt poflible.Atid this leflbn and the other which eonfifi 
 C>f violent and quicke faitsorleapes^vouldeverbe pre¬ 
 wired the fir (Vina morning whilft a horfe is frefh and 
 E 3 lufty 
 
3 8 The general! Cares bfall CM tell. iB DOlcc. 
 
 ■lufty for to put him to them .after his fire edge is taken 
 away,wil but bring him to a lorhing of his inftruftion 
 or atthc-beft to do them burlloven!y,.beaftly,and un¬ 
 willingly. _ 
 
 There is alfo another motion which is pleafing to the 
 f eye,though it be very labour fome to the body,which 
 
 '* 03as ' is to make a horfe go fide-long of whichhand foever - 
 
 the rider is difpofed, and is very ncccffary in the wars, 
 becaufc it is the avoyding of anv.blow comming from 
 the enetn/.Tnis motion when. you. intend totcach your 
 . Horfe, you iktil draw up your bridle hand fomewhat 
 firait,and if you. determine to have him.go a fide to 
 yoar Right hand, lay your left rein clofe to Ids neck, 
 and .. calve, of your left leg dole to bisfide, and as 
 you did in the I/iravalare^nkehm lap or put his left 
 leg over his right, then turning your rod back-ward, 
 and jerking him. gently on the left hinder thigh, make 
 him bring his hinder darts to the right fide alfo, and 
 ftand m an even line as at the firft, tften make him re-; 
 move-iiis fore-parts more then before fo that he may 
 Rand as it weie erode.over the even. lioe,and then make 
 him bring his hinder-parts .after, and ft and in an every 
 -line agair.e,'and thus doe till by long pra&ifehee.will' 
 move his fore-parts and hindjer parts both together,ami¬ 
 go fide long as far as you pleafe, then eherifh him 
 , And if you,will have him go toward your left hand,. 
 
 -doc as you did beforeufing all.yotvr helps and correBi- 
 jtns.oa the right fide only. And thus much I think is. 
 fuficient to have fpoke touching all the fcveral Icffons 
 .meet to be taught to any horfe whatf ®ever,wherher he. 
 •be for fcrvice or- for pleafure,and which being per for-. 
 .medarcfully,carefully,& with patience you may pre-v 
 ftmeyourhorfbiscompleat & perfe^the rather fitly 
 
.iBook. Of the great Hoy ft, 
 
 .-a© min can find ouc any invention, or teach any other 
 -motions to a horfc,which may be good 6 c comely,buc 
 •you tlul eafily perceive that they are received from 
 ionic one of thefc already rehear fed. 
 
 Now if you fhal becafed to ride before a Prince you 
 mull not obferve the liberty of your own wil 3 but the .* , 
 ftate of the perfon before whom you ride,and the grace 
 of the horle which you ride: and therfore being come 
 into die Riding place, you fhal chufe your ground,fo 
 that the perfon before whom you are to ride may ftand. 
 
 -in the midft thereof, fo asdie may vvel behold the paf- 
 fage of the horfe both to him, 6 c from him alien being 
 ieaced in a comely order. Sc every ornament about you 
 haiidfbmc and decent, you llul put your horfe gently 
 forth into a comely trot,Sc being come againft the per¬ 
 fon of eftate,bow your body down to the creft of your 
 horfe, then Railing your lelf again, pafle halfe a fcore 
 yards beyond hira,and there marking out a narrow ring 
 thru ft your.horfe into a gentle gallop, 5 c give him two 
 or three managing turnes'in as fhort ground as may be 
 to (hew bis nimbleneffe and readinefs 35 the then upon 
 laft turn, his being face towards the great derfon,ftop 
 him comely audclole,and meke him to advance twice 
 or thncejthen having taken breath,put him into a gal¬ 
 lop gtlliard ,and fb pafle along the length of the even 
 f arrow with thet falt,mrking him do it alio round about * 
 
 the ring:then lfls face being toward thePrfnce,flop him 
 and give him frefh breath,then thru ft him into the c&- 
 prioliejxovt and then make him yerk out behind, yet 
 foadt maybe deceived it is your wil,andthehor- 
 fesnulicej and having gone about the Ring with that of-be Car^ 
 fait, and his face brought to look upon ihk Princrfi op go.o, 
 him againe and give him breach: Tnen drawing ncerer 
 E 4 to 
 
r ^.6 Thegetierall Care ef&llGtttel, l BCK>k 0 
 
 to. the Prince you fhal beat the tume Terra^errafitft. 
 .ina pretty large compafltythen by final degrees ftrait?- 
 ningit.aiittle'anda little, draw it to the; very center 
 where you may ghe two or three dole flying turncs, 
 and then changing your hands,; undoc' ail that you did 
 before, till you come to the Rings fi rft largenefle; then 
 the hories face being diredi upon the Prince,flop him, 
 and pui».* im into a corvet and in that motion hold him 
 a pretty fpace,making himdo-it fell in an even Une,fi-rfl 
 .to the fight hand, then to the left hand-now; backward, 
 then forward again:, and thushaviag performed every 
 motion orderly and comely, bow down your body t<2 
 the Prince, and fo.depart. . 
 
 To i-ic f 8 - But if you intend to ride only for Recreation, thea 
 tsf.-tahsn 1 you fhal mark what Lefibirycur horfe is moll im per¬ 
 fect in,& with that leffon you llul ever when you ride 
 both begin and endj. after it-yoirfhaj fall to thofc Lef- 
 ions which are. to your fell moll difficult, and by the 
 practice of them bring your felf to a perfedtneffe, then 
 confequently to all otiic-rLeflbns,repeating(as it were) 
 every one over more , or lels, lea ft-want ofufe breed- 
 forgetfulnes,.. and forgetfulnes utter ignorance.- but if 
 your Recreation in Ridinghe tyed to an effC-ci al rules 
 of health, and tlut your pradice therein proceed more 
 Atom die commandemenr-of your Phyfirian rhen/your 
 . pleafu re,then I won Id wiih.you in the morning,firft to- 
 
 begim withaftimng-orrough icfToigas the gallop galii-i 
 &i-dJioundingj>z fiich likeyvhich having a little ftmed 
 your blood Sc made it warm,then.tyOU (hal-then calm 
 icagain with a gentle manage,or the galloping of large 
 .. . ;j Rings: thea-to Ifo your fpirics again,co bring the ftone 
 .. . downe, or procure'appetite, paffe into the capriole or 
 torytt 5. and., then to make quiet thofe moved parrs, 
 
 ".V : ~’ ” " fe« 
 
'.iBook. - . OftheJJ ns band-mans If or ft. 4* 
 
 fee the. mindalled ibbriy Tfrra^ ihzfnc&rJjdgrr^mkivsh 
 . like.Andtiiug one while-: ftirhng^QUir bioofoSc another 
 while moderately allaying fuehdtkrings, yQuihal give 
 your. body that due andptoper cxercife which is moil 
 fit for health & longlilejMeny other w^es this recrea¬ 
 tion may.be.ufcd fbrrthe good of a mans, body, which 
 bccayfe perricular infirmids muft give perdcular rules 
 how and when to vfe it 3 I wil at this time fpeak no fup- 
 ther thereofj but ieferbhe exercife tothefoown plea-. • 
 foies which flial pra&ice the famc 3 &-to thegood they 
 fhalfind inhe pra&i ce. 
 
 .CHAP. j. . 
 
 Of the.breeding, of Allfortsof Borfesft for the tfusband- 
 _ _ mans uje. - f 
 
 TH He mindes of men being.fwaied with many vari- 
 , JL ous, motions,. take delight fomtimes ro be .recrea¬ 
 tes rather with contemplative delight?,* cn with active 
 pfoafirresj & there is firong realon therforr 3 bccaufedif-' 
 ability ofbody 3 oi affairs of theKingdomorComtnon- 
 wealth 3 may take a man from thofe pre-occupations 
 which otherwife might flit him to more laborious 
 exercife:and of thefc complative recreations J can pre¬ 
 fer none before that<icntlemanly and beneficial delight 
 of breeding creatures meet for the ufe of man. and the 
 good of.the Common-wealth wherein he livetfoand of 
 theft breedings I cannot efteem'any fo excellent, as the 
 oreeding of horfes,boch for the pleafure we gain ther¬ 
 eby in ourown particular fervice^Sc alfo forthe firength 
 defence^ and tillage of the Kingdom. x. 
 
 fde therfore that furc-ta his recreation to the breeding Ths&ecina 
 ofhorfesiinuft firft have refped un’o thegroundwher-^HSl* 
 on lie lie* or enjoyeth 5 for every ground is got paeete. 
 
tfr The general!. Cureofall Cattell . I Book. 
 
 to breed otijbut fome too good/ometoo bad,fome too 
 - good, 6ecaule they maybeexhaufted to a more benc- 
 •- ficial commodity, horle; having a world of cafualties 
 attending on them,and many years before the true pro- 
 fir dothatife^ and fbme too bad,becaufe the extreamc 
 barrennefTe of. the fame will deny competent nourifh- 
 mentto the thing bred, and fo to the Ioffe of time and 
 profit adde-mortality. 
 
 Of ids t# - . The grounds thenmeetto breed Horfes on,'would 
 breed on. neither be excream fruitful, nor extrea'm barren, but 
 
 of an indifferent mixture, ycilding rather a fliort i weec 
 burthen,then a long,rich,and fruitful; it would rather 
 lye high then low, but howfoever firm and hard under 
 the foot'; it would be full of Mole hils, uneven trea- 
 dings,hils,and much craggineflc,to bring colts to nira- 
 blenes of loot; it would nave good ftore of frclh wa- 
 ters,an open fharpe ay re, and dome convenient covert; 
 and this ground is bell if it be feveral and inclofcd; yet 
 maybe bred upon, though it be open and in common, 
 only fome more carefulrieffero be looked for, a little 
 before, and in the time of Foaling. Nay,the grounds 
 which are neither feveral nor common,are very good 
 alfo to breed on^nd thofe be.your teathering grounds, 
 which .we call particular grounds; for though they be 
 proper commonly to one man,yet they arc not divided 
 aor eaten otherwife then at their, owners plcafure.-and 
 thele teathering. grounds are .as good as any gronuds 
 for the fi rfl.nourifhing of a Foal, if they be amongft 
 Corn grounds,or any grain,except Pcafe only. 
 
 . If you have much ground to breed on,you fhal di- 
 jjjjg • vide it into many: paftures, the leaft and barrenneft for 
 . * your Station co runwith your Mares in, thofe which 
 
 have leaft danger of waters are foryour Marcs to foil 
 asthe 
 
Book. • • Of Mares. _47 
 
 the fr'uitfulleft and of beft'grdvvth for ytifff Mares to’" 
 give milk in, and the moilfpacious and unevcneft to T " 
 brins up your Colts in after they are wearied.- j ... 
 
 For the choice of a good Stallion, and which is beft- Cn°j«. 
 for our KingdomCjOpiiiion fwayeth fo' faij 'that a man which k kefyj 
 can hardly give wcl-received dirc&ions; ye'fliirely,if 
 men will be ruled by the truth of experience, :( thebeft 
 Stalion to beget horfesfor the wars, is the Confer s the 
 ]cnnetfe the Turks ; thebeftdor cburfirig- and running : 
 is the Barkary ; the beft for hunting is the Baftard Ceur- ■ 
 fer ^begot of the Eaglift) ; the beft for the Coach is the- 
 Flemmijh^ the beft for travaile or burthen is the Eng- 
 ///I’januthe beft for the.ea^eisthe. : Ir//bfco%-. c boiceof 
 
 For the choice of Mares; - you fhall greatly refpect ajarc; ” 
 their fhapes and metcals, efpecially that they be beau- : 
 tilnlly fore-handed, for they give much goodnefTe to 
 their Foals: arid for their kihdsjany of the Races before 
 fpokeri of is very good,; or: any-of them mixt With our - 
 taueEnglifh Races, zsBaft/iyd-courferfearefeHard- 
 lenrict Baftard-Turk^Barbary fee. - 
 
 ^The beft time to put your-StaliiOn & Mares, together, Jem 
 is in the middle of. -Mar-ch if lyou have any € rafle,- as w " 
 
 you fhoufd have great care for that purpbfe , arid brie 
 Foal failing in Marchjs worth two falling in Mayfe- 
 caufc he poffeftcth as it were two winters in a year,and 
 is therby fo hardned,thatnothing can almoft after im¬ 
 pair him, andthe beft .time to take your Horfe from 
 the Mares again,is atrkc erid of Agrilpr midle 6 ftMay 3 
 in which you fhal note/hat from the middle oiMarcb 
 till the midft of^/tjjoumay atany time put your fta-. 
 lions toyour Mates,; & a months continuance is ever 
 fuffi dent; provided ever as near as you can^that you put 1 
 
 riiem together in the increafe of the Moon y for Foales 
 • : " ' " got 
 
44=- The generdlCure-.afdl Mattel/. i Book* ' 
 
 got in the wanejtre accounted itrong or healthfuill j : ’ 
 Of covering For coveiirigof Mares, it is to be done two wayes, 
 
 —--‘ e out of hand, or m handj out of hand, as when the horfe 
 
 and Mares run together abroad,as is before faid,or tur- 
 . ' ned loofe ip tOjfomeieaipty barnor three nights oneaf- 
 
 ter another, which is chefureff and the fafeft way for a 
 Mares, holding, or in-hand, early in a mormug and late 
 at aa evening two or three dares together, when you 
 bring,the horfe to the Mare, and make him cover her 
 once or twice ata time, holding him faft in your hand, 
 and when the a& is done, ieade him back to the liable 
 and in this a# you; ihal ever ©bferve, as foone as the 
 horfe coramerh from her baclcprefently to caft a paile 
 \ Of cold water-on her hinder park, :or dfe to chafe her 
 
 fwiftly up and down, for feare by handing ftil fhe call: 
 out the feed,which is very ordinary. 
 r ° ir Tu a knOW w h et her your Mare.hold to. the horfe- or no 
 mstc he-i.- ^ ^aies, of;which die beftis by offering 
 
 her the horfe again at the nextincreafc ofthcMoone, 
 which if fhe willingly .receive it isa figne (he held not 
 beforej but if fhe refufe, then it is molt certain fhec is 
 ' ' fped: or if youpoure a fpbonfiil of cold vinegar into 
 her-eare, if the fhake onely her head, it is a figne fliee 
 holds,but if fhe fhake head,body and all,then truly it is 
 a figne that fhe dothnothold: Laffly,if after fhe is co*. 
 r vered you fee h.er feour,her coat grow fmooth and fhi- 
 
 ning,and that fhe doth ( as itrwerej reniie and increafe 
 in liking thendtis a figne fhe holds: bnt if the hold at a 
 ffay-wtthoutany amendment, ' then offer the horfe a- 
 gain,forfheis not feryed; : , ■ A 
 
 "oa.£*.- ^otflake your. Mares conceivemoft maIe.fcales,yoi* 
 
 be fure to keepe your fkllion proiide, and your 
 ^ * Mate poore* that his fuff Buffering her^he may only* 
 
 be 
 
i I Boole. Of Mares. 45 
 
 be predominant and chiefe in.thea&ion: many other - 
 rules fancie devifeth, but they erre in their ends, and I 
 would by no meanes have this difeourfe capable of a- 
 ny uncertainty. 
 
 If you. have any advantage given you by friendftiip, To provost 
 or otherwife whereby you may have aMare at the pre- - 
 fent very well covered,only yours is not yet ready for 
 the horfe, you {hall in this cafe to provoke Juft in her, 
 give her to drinkegood ftore of clarified honey, and 
 new milk mixt together,and then with a bufh of nettles 
 all to nettle her privy parts, and then immediatiy offer 
 her the horfe. To keep 
 
 To keep yourMares from barrennes,and to make them Mare* from 
 ever apt to conceive foales, you lhai by no meanes feed barcnHeffe f 
 too extream fat, but keep them in a middle ftate of bo¬ 
 dy, by moderate labour, for the leaner they are when 
 they come take horfe, the much better they will con¬ 
 ceive. 
 
 After yourMares have been covered,and that you per* ordering 
 eeive in them the. marks of conceiving,you fhallet them wares'after 
 reft three weeks or a month, that the lubftance may MVerin g- 
 knit; then after moderately labour or travell them, till 
 you fee them fpring, and then turn themabroad,and let 
 them run till they foal; for to houfe them after is dan¬ 
 gerous and uawholfome. 
 
 IfyourMarebc hard of foaling, or will not cleanfe 
 after fhe hath foaled, you {hall take a pint of running Jifaref aftgr 
 water, wherein good ftore of Fennell hath beene boy- foalin g* 
 led,and as much ftrong• old, fweet wine, with a fourth • 
 
 part of the beft Sallet oyle, and having mixt them vvei 
 together, being but luke-warme, poure it into her nof- 
 trils, and then hold and flop them clofe, that fhee may 
 ftraine her whole body, and it will presently give her 
 eafe. T ‘ ' ' — - 
 
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 The generall Cure of all CattelL 
 
 o tie ring Asfoonasyour Marc hath foi’d,you dial remote 
 
 - 2 *j^* ftet her into the beft grade you havc,which is ffefli and un- 
 “ foyied,to make her milk fpring; and if it be early in the 
 
 ycere you ihal have a care that there be good fhelcer in 
 the fame,and there lerher nourifh her foale moft pare 
 Weaning of of the dimmer following. 
 
 fcalcs. As touching the weamng of foaIes,though fome «fe 
 
 to wean them at Michaelmas ,or Mariilmas followings 
 out of a fuppofirion that the winter milk is not good or 
 wholfome, yet they are much deceived, and if you can 
 by any convenient meanes ( faving greater Ioffes) let 
 your foalesrun with their Dams the whole yeere,even 
 till they foale againe n , for it will keepe the foale bet¬ 
 ter in health, in more lud, and leaft fubjed to tender- 
 nefft. i 
 
 O r ^ . When you.intend to wcanc your foales, you fhall 
 Jag; C WC * "take them from their Dams over-night,and drive them 
 into fome empty houfe, where they may reft, and the 
 Mares be ftee from their noifes:then one the morning 
 ' following give to every fode fading a branch or two 
 . of Saven annointed or roldin butter,and then having fa¬ 
 
 ffed two houres after, give him a little meat as graffe, 
 fcay, or sarbadge of Come,with fome cleare water. Sc 
 do this three dales together; then feeing that they have 
 forgotten their Dams, geld fuch colt foales as you in- 
 ' tendto make geldings ofjand after theirdwellings, are 
 
 paft, put them into your other colt-foales into a pafiure 
 provided; for themity rhemf elves,and your fiile-foales 
 into another by, chemfelves;which pafturts may either 
 hi ... be high Woods, Gommons,or fuch like fpatious peer 
 cSfis °* ces of ground, where they may run till they be ready 
 ~ * - for die Saddle. ... 
 
 . Now- albeit I proportion unto you this manner of- 
 gelling ofFoales,yet I would have vou know tharthb 
 W' " " ' . ’ .' . ' beft 
 
I Book. Of Mares. 47, 
 
 beft and lafeft way to geld them i$,if it may be under 
 the Damme when they fuck, as at nine pr at fifteene 
 dayes of age, if the ftones appear^or elfe fo foone as 
 you can by any. meanes perceive them fall downe into 
 the codjfor then there will be no danger of fwclling,or 
 other mifchiefes, which commonly attend the aft ion. 
 
 And thus much touching the breeding of horfes, and 
 the obfervations due to the fame,through all the conr- 
 fes and paffages thereof, as hath beene found by anci¬ 
 ent praftife and experience,^ appears inmy Mafter- 
 piece. 
 
 GHAP. 4. 
 
 Ofborfesfor tr-av ellwand hove to mike them amlle. 
 
 T HeHusbandman,whofe occupation is the general 
 affairs of the Common-wealth, as fometothe 
 markets,fbme to thefome to theSeats of Iufiice 
 ffiuft neceffarily be imployed almoft in continuall 
 travel hand thcrfore it is meet that he be provided ever 
 of a good and eafie travelling horfe. 
 
 . Themarkes whereby he fhal choofe a good travel- The-ranks of 
 ling horfe, are thefe: he ihal be of good colour and » good t ra?eU 
 fhape, leaneheaded,and round foreheaded, a full eye, J 
 
 open noftril, wide jawed, loofe thropled, deepneckr, 
 tbinne crefted, broad breft, flat chin'd, out rib’d^ 
 cleane limb’d, fhort joynted, ftrong hooved, wel met- 
 tald,neither fiery nor craving, ftrong in every mem- ■ 
 
 ber, and cafie t© mount and get up upon j. he fhal fol¬ 
 low without haling, and ftand ftill when hec is rc^ 
 ftrained. 
 
 Now forafmuch as there are a world of good horfe? 
 which are not cafie,and a world of eafie horfes which 70 make i 
 are not good, you fhal by thefe direftions following?Bkfis 
 make any horfe amble whatfoever:firft,thcn you fhal 
 
 under ftand that p r aft ice hath made divers men believe 
 
 „ ... ^ 
 
45.. . ... 7be general! Cure of dlCattell, I Book, . 
 
 divers waies they can make a horfe amble, as by 
 gating them in the mouthes, by toyling them in deep 
 earth, by the help offhooes, by galloping and tyring. 
 Or fuch Jibe,all which are ill & imperfect: yet the truth 
 
 is, there is but one certaine and true way to compafle 
 
 it, and that is to make a ftrong garth webbe ; flat and 
 well quilted with cotten, f oure paftemes for the finals 
 of his fore-legs, under his knees, and for the finals of 
 his hinder legs fomewhat below the fpavin joynts: to 
 thefe pafternes you fhal fixe ftrong ftraps o 1 leather, 
 with good yron buckles to make {hotter or longer at 
 pleafure and having plac’c them about his fou re legs, 
 you fhal take two feveral round ropes of an eafie 
 twift, made with ftrong loopes at either end, and not 
 above eight handfhls in length ; and thefe the horfe 
 {landing to a true proportion, you fhall fatten to the 4, 
 ftraps of leather; to wit, one o f them to his neere fore¬ 
 leg, and his neer hinder-leg, and the other to his farre 
 fore-leg and his farre-hinder-Iegge, which is cai’d a- 
 
 pferammei- m0 ngft Horfe-men trammeling: with thefe you ilia! 
 .; lethim walk in fome.inclofed piece of ground, till 
 he can fo perfectly go in the fame, that when at any 
 time yon offer to chafe him, you may fee him am¬ 
 ble fwiftly and truly; then you fhal take his backe, 
 and ride him with the fame trammels, at Ieaft three or 
 fpure times a day, till you find that he is fo perfedfc, 
 that no vyay can be fo rough and uneven as to compel! 
 him to alter his ftroke, to go unnimbly .This done, you 
 may firft take away one trammel,then after the other, 
 , •• and only wreath about under his fore fet- lockes thick 
 , . : and heavy great roles of hay or ftraw-ropes, and fo 
 
 ride him with the fame a ,.'good {pace after; for it wil 
 rerwifpiog, make him amble eafie; then cut them away, and ride 
 Sndexercife him without any thing but the ordinary 
 
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 help of the bridles, and thereis no doubt blit hee will 
 keep:his pace, toy our full contentment and pleafure. : 
 
 Now during this time ©f your teaching,if your horfe 
 ftrike not a large ftroke,& overreach enough,then you 
 fhal make the tramei the ftraiter, but if he overreach 
 too much,then you fhal give, it more liberty:and herer. 
 in you ihall find that an inch ftraitnirtg, or an inch.in- 
 larging will adde or abate at lea ft half a foot,an whole 
 foot and direct ftroke,and thus much touching the tea¬ 
 ching of any horfe to amble,of what nature or quality 
 foeverhe be,or how unapcor untoward foever to learn. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Of the ordering and dieting of the Hunting-borfe . 
 
 S Ome love hunting for the exercife of their ownbo- 
 dies,fome for the chafe they hunr,fome for the run 
 ning of the hounds,and feme for the training of their 
 horfes, whereby they may find the excellency of their 
 goodneffe and indurance: to him therefore which pla- 
 ceth his delight in the goodneffe of his horfe, I would 
 wifhhim thus to order & diet him,&he fhal mod aft 
 furedly come to the tiue knowledge of the beft worth 
 which is within himjand if in thefe rules,which I now 
 fhew,I be leffe curious then formerly I have been,let no 
 man wonder thereat, but know that time( which is the 
 mother of experience)doth in our labors fliew us more 
 new and more neerer waies to our ends,then at the tirft 
 we conceived: And though when I firft pra&ifed this 
 Art:I knew not how to bring a very fat horfe from Mi¬ 
 chaelmas. till Chriftma 1 to fhew his utmoft perfedtion,I 
 know now in two moneths ( though never fo fou'e ) 
 
 . : B how 
 
5 o The geaerAltcuae of aU Ga tteli. I Booke^ 
 
 how to make him for aay wager, daring now boldly 
 to adventure on that,witn which before I thought al- 
 moft prelent death to offer:thus doth obfemtion and 
 labour find out the darkeft fecrets in Art. 
 
 T*i»g up of beginne then with the firft ordering of a hunting 
 the hunting; horfe, you, lhal know that the bcft time to take him 
 fconc. from grafs is aboutBartholmew-tide.the day being fair 
 dry and pleafant; & as foon as he is taken up,to let him 
 ft and all that night in any vaft houfc,to empty his body* 
 the next day ftable him,& give him wheat ftraw if you 
 pleafe,but no longer in any wile $. for though the old 
 rule is to take uphorfes bellies with ftraw,yetit ftrait- 
 neth the guts,heats the liver,& hurteth the wind: ther- 
 fore let only moderate exercifc,as riding him forth to 
 water morning and evening,and other airings do what 
 you cxpcdt ftraw fhouldjand for his food let it be hay 
 that isfweet though rough,and either old, or at leaft 
 well 1 wear in the Mowe. 
 
 r , ^ , Aftornis belly, isemptied,you fhall cloath him firft 
 
 coiningtae w -^^ {-, n gj e clOatb^whil’ft the heatendureth,andalter 
 with more,as you lhall fee occafion require, & wh en 
 you beg nne to cloath the horfe, then fhall you drefle, 
 curry,& rub him alfo.Now for as touch as it is a rule 
 with ignorant horfe-toen,that it the have but the name 
 of keeping a hunting horfe,they wil with al caref with 
 but any realon)lay many cloathsupon him,as if it were 
 a fpeciall phyfick,you lhal know they are much decei¬ 
 ved therein, and may looner do hurt then good with 
 multiplicity of cloaths: therefore to cloath a horfe 
 right,cloath according to the weather,and the temper 
 of his body: and thus it you fee your horfe be Height, 
 fmooth and wel coloured,then cloath him temperate¬ 
 ly,as. with a fingle cloath of canvafe or fack-cloth at the 
 moftj 
 
Book. 
 
 Of the heating Horfe 0 
 
 5 1 
 
 moft ; and if then as the year grow* colder, you find 
 his hair rifa or ftare about hisneck,flanks or outward 
 parts, then you fhal adde to a wollen doath,or more 
 if need require,till his hair fall fmooth again, holding 
 it for your rule,that a rough coat (hews want of death, 
 and a (mooth coat cloathing enough, yet if yourhorfe 
 have been clean fed,taken exercife fumcient, and hath 
 not much glut within him, if then you find that in the 
 night he fweateth in his cloaths, then it is a figne hcc is 
 over fed;but if he be foulc inwardly,or hath nor fvveat 
 formerly, and now fweats com.ming to good feeding, 
 then you (hall augment rather then diminith any clo¬ 
 thing for his foulenefs,but then breaketh out and being 
 evacuated,he will come to drineffe of body again, and 
 fo continue all the year aftenand furely for an ordina- 
 ry-proportion of cloaths,! hold a Canva(ecloatb 5 anda 
 doathof Houfe-wives -wollen to be at full lufficicnt 
 forahunnng-horfe. ofdreffing 
 
 A Hunting-horle would be dreft in his dayes of reft, ihe burning 
 twice a day, that is, before he go to his morning wate- h « fc * 
 ring,and before he go to his evening watering: for the 
 manner of his drcfling.afrer he is uncloathed, you fhal 
 firft curry him from the tips of the ear to the fetling 
 on of histail,al his whole body moft entirely over with 
 an iron comb,his legs under the knees and cambrels on' 
 lyexceptedjthen you (dial duft him,then curry hima- 
 gain all over with a round brufh of Briftles,then duft 
 him the fecond time, then rub all the loofe hairs away 
 with your hands wet in clean water, and' fo rub til the 
 horfe be as dry as at the fii ft,thcn rub all his body and 
 limbs over with an hair cloth : daftly, rub him over 
 with a fine white linnen rubber, then pick his eyes,no- 
 ftrils, (heath, cods, tuell, and feet very cleane, and fo 
 F a cloath 
 
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 5 2 The gene rail cure of-a II C.sttell. 
 
 eloath him,and flop him round with wifps,if you wa¬ 
 ter wichin.rhe houfejotherwife faddlehim after his bo- 
 dyis wraptaboutih a wollen cloth, and foridehim 
 forth to the wate r. 
 
 or watering The beft water for a hunting horle,is either a running 
 »ht; hunting r iv C r,or a clear fpring,remote from the liable a mile, 
 lfe ' or a mile and a hall at moft,and near unto fome plain 
 piece of ground,where you may fcope and galop after 
 he hath drunk; and as foon as you bring your horle to 
 the water,let him take his full draught without trouble 
 or interruption.-then galop and fcope him up & down 
 a httle and fo bring him to the water again,and let him 
 drink what he pleafe, and then, gallop him again: and 
 thus do till yon find he wil drink no more^rhen having 
 fcopt him a little.walk him with all gentkneflfe home, 
 and there eloath him up , ftop him round with great 
 loft wifps,and fo let him hand an.hour upon his bridle, 
 and then feed him. 
 
 To fpcakfirftofthe food for hunting borfes,themoft 
 th= hunting ordinary, is good fvyeet found oats, neither throughly 
 hcrie, dryed. with 3ge or elfe on the kilne, or in the S tin,and if 
 
 y ouphorfeiie either low of flexor not of perfed fto- 
 mackjif to two parts of thole oats you ad a third part 
 of dean,old beans v it fhal bevery good.and wholcfome 
 . >nd if your horfe be in diet for a match,& have loft his 
 
 ftomack,if then you caulc thele beans.to be Ipelted up¬ 
 on a miln, and/o m.ixt with pats, it will recover him. 
 The next food,which is foniewhat ftronger and better, 
 isbreadthusmade:taketwobiifhclsof good clean beans 
 and one bufhel of wheat,and .grind them together; then 
 through a fine Range, bolt out the quantity of two 
 pecks of pure meal, and bake it in two or three loaves 
 by it felf, and the.reft, fife rbaough a meal five j and 
 
 knead 
 
I Booke. Of the hunting hsrfe. 5 3 
 
 knead it with water,and good ftore of Barm e 3 and fo 
 bake it in great loaves,and with the courier bread feed 
 your horfe in his reft,& with the finer againft the dzye 
 of fore labour .Now for the hours of his feeding it ihal 
 be in the morning alter his comming from water 3 an 
 hour after high noon.-after his comming from his eve¬ 
 ning water, and at nine or ten of the dock at night up s 
 on the days of his reftjbut upon the dayes of his exer- 
 cife,two hours after he is throughly cold inwardly and 
 outwardly, and then after according to thehoures be¬ 
 fore mentioned. Laftly, for the proportion of food, 
 pu (hall keep no certain quantity, but according to the 
 horfes ftemack, that is to fay ,you jhall feed him lj a little 
 at once y fo long as he eates with a good appetite $ but when 
 he begins to trifle or fumble with bis meat 3 then to give 
 him no more. Now for his hay 3 you fhall fee that it bee 
 dry fhort uplandifh hay,and fo it be fweet 3 reiped'not 
 how courfe or rough it is, fith it is more to fcoure his 
 teeth,and cool his fiomacke, then for any nourifhment 
 expefted from it. 
 
 Touching the horfes cr.erci&jvhuh is only in thefol- - 2 * ee *erclfe 
 lowing of the boundsjou (hall be fure to tram him af- ®f the horfe. 
 ter thofe which are molt fwift and fpeedy; tor fo you 
 fhal know the truth, and not be deceived in your opi- 
 nion.Touching the dayes ,it (had be twice a week leaft 3 
 
 but moft commonly thrice-.zs for the quantity of his cxer- 
 cife,it muft be according to his foulndfe or clearinefTe: 
 for if he be very foul, you must then exercife moderate- 
 ly to break his greafe: if half foul, half clean, thenfome- 
 what more to melt bis greafe - y and it altogether c eaiic, 
 then you may take what you pleaie o' him (provided, 
 that you do nothing to difeourage his fpirics, to abate 
 his mettalij or to lame his limbes ) and after every 
 F 3 dayes 
 
54 
 
 TbegeneraR curt ef all CatteH. . iBook. 
 
 dayes exercife be allured either to give him the fame 
 nightjOr the next day following, fomething by way of 
 feouring or otherwife,to take away the grcafe former- 
 ly mdted,by means whereof you ftiall be ever fure to 
 keep your herfe in all good health and perfc&ion* 
 
 The belt and moft excel lenteft way to fcour ©r purge 
 Th« {touring your horfe from al greafe,glur or filthinefs within his 
 of tfechor.e. body, which is a lecret hitherto was never either fuffi- 
 ciently taught, or perfe&Iy learned,is to take of Anni- 
 feeds three ounces,of Cummine-feeds fixdrammes,of 
 Carthamus a dram and a half, of Fennegreek-feed 
 one oince two drams, of Brimftone one ounce and a 
 half, beat all thefe to a fine powder, and learfe them; 
 then tale of Sallet oy 1 a pint and two ounces, of hony 
 a pound and a half, and of white wine four pints, then 
 with as much fine white meal as wil fuffice,make al in¬ 
 to'a ftrong ftiffe pafte,and knead and work it well: this 
 pafte keqp in a clean cloath,for it will laft long,and af¬ 
 ter your horfe.hath been hunted, and is at night or in 
 . the morning exceeding thirftie, take a ball thereof as 
 much as a mans lift,and waih and diffolve it in a gallon 
 or two of cold water, and it will make the water loo k 
 white like milk: then offer it the horfe to drink in the 
 dark, Icaft the colour diftleafe himrif he drink it, then 
 feed himjhjur if he retufe to drink ir, yet care not, but 
 let him f aft without drink til he take it,which affuredly 
 he will do in rwice or thrice offering,and after once he 
 hath taken it,be then affured he wil foifake any other 
 drink for it: of this drink your horfe can never take to 
 much, nor too oft, if he have exercife: otherwife it 
 feeds to fore. For all inward infirmities whatfoever 
 it is a prefent remedy: therefore I would not vyifh any 
 horfeman of verrae at any time to be without it;and be- 
 
I Book. Of the running Horfe. 5 5 
 
 ins once crudest wil kft three or four months at leaft. 
 
 After your horfe hath been exercifed either with hun- °/ rf *""£ r a 
 ting, running, train- fents, or otherwife: you fhall ever „ cr are. 
 cool him well in the field before you bring him home: 
 but being come to the llable^you fhal neither wafh nor 
 walk,butinftantlyhoufehim: give him ftore of frefh 
 litter and rub him therewith,and with dry cloathes, till 
 there be not a wet hair about him,then cloath him with 
 his ordinary cloathes, andwifpehim round: then caft 
 another fpare cloath over him,which you may bate at 
 your pleafure,and io let him ftand til it be time to feed 
 him. And thus you may keep any hunting horfe either 
 for match or otherwife, in as good ftate & ftrength as 
 any horle man in this Kingdome though he exceed you 
 far both in reputation and experience. 
 
 CHAP' 6, . 
 
 Of the ordering and dyeting of the running horfe i 
 1F any Husbandman have his mind taken up onely with 
 ■I the delight of running horfes, which is a Noble 
 fporr, and though not of fo long indurance, yet equal! 
 with any before fpoke of, he fhall for the bettering of 
 his knowledge give to his memory rhele few rules fol¬ 
 lowing by which he fhall rightly order and dyet him. 
 
 Firft,for his taking up from grafs(for there for order Of Ms cakinf 
 fake we muft fir 11 begin)it fhall be at the fame time of UF< ' 
 the year,and after the fame manner that you tooke up 
 your hunting horfe, and till you have enfearoed him, 
 hardnfed his flefh, taken away his inward greafe, and 
 brought him to a good per i od no fie of wind, you fhall 
 cioath him, dreffe him, water turn, feed him, exercife 
 him,purge him,and order him after labn>;ryn all points 
 and all things as you did your hunting horfe. 
 
 " ' F 4 When 
 
5 6 The general! eare ofai Cattti. iBook* 
 
 ofjjoetbng When he is thus cleahe of body and vrind ,- you jfhall 
 then lay on him fome more cloaks, then you did on, 
 your hunting horfe, to purge his body a little the more, 
 and to make him the more apt tofwear, and evacuate 
 humours as they {hall grow : the ordinary quantity 
 whereof would be a warm narrow wollen cloth about 
 his body on either fide his heart,thenafair white fheet, 
 a wollen clotlrabove it,and a canvafe cloth or two a- 
 bove island before his breaft a wollen cloth at leaft two 
 doable: he would continually ftand upon a clean litter, 
 and have his liable very dark,and perfumed with Iuni- 
 per,when as the ft rength of his dung fhall annoy it. 
 ofdreffing ^or dreffing,it fhal be in all points done as you did 
 him, to your hunting horfe,oncly to dreffc him once a day 
 
 is fufficient,and that ever in the after:noon:buc for rub¬ 
 bing his limbs or body with dry cloach? or wifps, you 
 fhall do that as often as you come into the (table, pro¬ 
 vided that you turn but his cloaths up, but not take 
 them from his body. 
 
 of watering ^ou fhall water your running horfe as you watered 
 him. ° your hunting horfe,& give him the fame exercife after 
 it,only you fhal not bring him into the ftable of at leaft 
 an hour or more after he is watered* 
 
 1 he beft foods for your running horfe,is cither good 
 - '6a>r f-veet oats well dried, funned, and beaten, or bread 
 . " made of two parts wheat, and but one part beans, and 
 boulted, and lifted and kn6dden,as was before fhewed, 
 onely if you ad to your better fore ofbread the whites 
 of twenty or thirty egges, and with the barm a little 
 Ale alfbjic will be much the betterjfor you fhal not re- 
 fpe& how little water you ufe at ahthe hours you feed 
 in, and the quantity of the food fhall be the fame, and 
 inthc fame manner as was mentioned before, for the 
 hunting 
 
i Book. Of.the rumi»gi&erfe. _5 7_ „ 
 
 hunting horfe, yet with thefe obfervations, that if your 
 horlc be very lean,{ickly, & have a weak ftomack,chat 
 then you may as before is fhcwdjgivehim with his oats 
 a few Ipelted beans,or elle wafh nis oats in ftrong Ale 
 or Beere ? or in the whites of a couple of cgs. ^ ofii« 8 «rdfc 
 
 Touching his exercife,it confifteth in two kinds, the by ajring,, 
 one ayring, the ocher courfing : Ayring is a moderate 
 and gentle exercife, which 4 you fhall ufe morning and 
 evemngjby ridmg or leading your jhorfe a foot pace(but 
 Riding is betteigand leffe m oanger of cold)iri the mor¬ 
 ning after his water up to the hils,and in the evening af¬ 
 ter his water by the river ftde.by the fpaee of an hour 
 or two together ; and before you lead him forth to air, 
 you fhall be furc to give him a rere eg broken into his 
 mouthy foon as his bridle is put orator it will hcreafe 
 windiand this airing you fhall by no means forbear, 
 but upon his dayes of purging or fweating, or when ic 
 much rainethjfor then to ayr is unwholeiome.Again if 
 your horfe be very fat, you fhall air before Sun rife, 
 and after Sun fet:but if he be lean, then you fhall let 
 him have all the ftrength and comfort of the Sun you 
 can devife and during this ay ring,you fhal be fure that 
 your horlc be cloatned very warm, efpecially before 
 the breaft,and on each fidethe heart,for cold to a run¬ 
 ning horfe is mortall. 
 
 You fhal courfe your horfe according to his ftrength . 
 and ability of body, that is to fay,twice a week,thrice, y 
 
 or as ofc as you fee caufe,& you fhil courfe him fom- 
 titnes in his cloaths to make him f.vear, and confume 
 greafe,and that mu ft be .done moderately andgentlyj 
 and fometimes wiih out his death,to inerf-afe wind; Sc 
 thatihailbe done fharply and fwifelys you fhal. by kee¬ 
 ping you horfe falling, the.night before,be fure,that Iris , 
 
 body 
 
5 8 ThegentraB. Curt of aU GatteB i Boo^ 
 
 body be empty before he do courfe.-to wafh his tongue 
 & noftrib with vinegar,or to pifs in his mouth ere you 
 take his back i - very vvholfome : you jflhal lead him in 
 your hand well and warm clothed to thecourfe, and 
 there uncloath him, and i ub his limbs welhthen having 
 courft himjafter a little breath-taking cloath him again 
 and fo ride him home,there rub him throughly, and let 
 ' him ftand till he be fully cold,which perceived,Iet his 
 firft meat you give him,be a handful or two of the ears 
 of pollard wheat:then after,his ordinary food as afore- 
 faid. 
 
 O £ fffjatt There is alfo another exercife for your running horle 
 
 which is,fweats in his cioaths, either abroad or in the 
 herafe: for fweats in his cloths abroad, they arc thole 
 which are taken upon the courfe,& are formerly fpoke 
 of, that they muft be given by a moderate gallopping, 
 no man running, and as foon as your horfe hath pall 
 over Uis courle,and is in a high fweat you fhal inftantly 
 have him home and there lay more cloathes upon him, 
 and keep himftirring till he have fweat fo in the liable 
 an hour or more; then abate his cloathes by little and 
 little, till he be perfectly cooled and dried, which you 
 mull further, by rubbing him continually with dry 
 cloathes and hy laying dry cloathes on, and taking the 
 wet away,:but for fweats in his domes, without any 
 exercife abroad, you fhall give them either when the 
 weather is fo much unleafonable, that you cannot go 
 forth,or when your horfe is fo much m danger of kme¬ 
 tre ffe , that you dare not ftrain him , and you fhall do 
 it thus: firft take a blanket folded and warmed very hot 
 and wrap it about his body,then over it Jay two or three 
 more,asd wifp them round, then over them as many 
 covet lids,and pin them faft^nd clofe; then m ake the 
 
 horle 
 
iBooke. Of the,running horf ?. _5 9 
 
 horfe ftir up.and down rhc ftabletillhe begin to fweat, 
 then lay on more cloaths, and as the fweat trickleth 
 down his face,fo rub it away with dry cloaths till he 
 have fweat fuficiently:thenf as before is fhewed) abate 
 
 the cloathes by little and litckynd rub him in every 
 part,till he be as dry as at firft. ' 
 
 After every courfe or fweat,you fhal fcour or purge Jj"* couring 
 your horfe in the .fame manner,and with the fame me¬ 
 dicine that you did your Hunting horfejfor it is the beft 
 that can by arc be invented, being both a purge and a \ 
 
 Reftorative, ejeanfing and comiorting all the parts ol 
 a Horles body:but if you think it purgeth not enough, 
 then you fhall take twenty Raifnsof the Sunne, the 
 ftones pickt out,and ten Figs flit in the midA^boil them 
 in a pottle of lair running water,til it come to be thick, 
 then mixe it with powder of Lyquoras,Annifceds, and 
 Sugar-candy,til it come to a ftift pafte,then make pret¬ 
 ty round bals thereof, and roule them up in butter, and 
 give your horfe three or four of them the next morning 
 aftet his fweat or courfe,and ride him an hour after,and 
 then let him up warm. 
 
 After,your horfe hath been courft or fweat,and is as Orderjngaf«- 
 before (aid cold and dry, you lhall then unbridlehim , exercIfe - 
 give him lome few wheat eares,and then at an hour or 
 two after,give him a very fweet maftyhen fome bread * 
 
 after, which at his due hour drefie him, and give him 
 when you find him thirfty fome cold water,with a bal 
 of your leaven diffolved into it,and fo let him ftand till 
 you feed him for all n 4 .hr. 
 
 Courfe not your horfe fore for at leaft four or five Generii rai« 
 daye- before you run your match,leaft the foreneffe of ^ ruBni36 
 his limbs abate him of his fpeed. 
 
 Except your horfe be a very fowl feeder muzzj.e him 
 
 not 
 
£o The genera!! Cure of all Cattill iBook, 
 
 not above tvvo or three nights before his match, and 
 the night before his bloudy courfes. 
 
 Give your horfe as wei tus gentle courfes,as his {harp 
 courfes upon the Race he muft run,that he may as well 
 find comfort as difpleafure thereon. 
 
 In tr aining your horfe,obferve not the number of the 
 miles,but the labour fit for your horfe. 
 
 Be fure upon the match day that your Horfe be em¬ 
 pty, and that he take his reft untroubled, till you pre¬ 
 pare to lead him forth. 
 
 Shooe your Horfe ever a day before you run him, 
 that the pain of the hammers knocks may be out of his 
 feet. " 
 
 Saddle your Horfe on the Race day in the ftable be¬ 
 fore you lead him forth, and fixe both the pannell and 
 the girths to his backe and fidcs with fhooe-makers 
 wax,to prevent all dangers. 
 
 Lead your horfe to his courfe with all gentleneffe, 
 and give him leave to fmell to other Horfes dung, that 
 thereby he may be inticed to ftale and empty his body 
 as he goes. 
 
 When you come to the place where you mu ft ftarr, 
 firft rub his limbs well, then uncloath him, then take 
 his back,andthe word given, ftarthim with all gentlc- 
 ' neffe and quietneffe that may be, leaft doing any thing 
 rafhly,you happen to choak him in his own wind. 
 
 And thus much for the ordering and dyetmg of the 
 Running horfe,aadthe particularities belonging to the 
 fame. 
 
 CHAP. 7 V 
 
 The ordering of the traveBinghorfe. 
 
 N O* for ourHwbandaaans travelling horfe,which 
 is-tocarry him in his journies,and about hisbufi- 
 nefle 
 
I Book. 
 
 G.tnerullrules- f or Horfes. 1 
 
 nefs in theCountry,he (hal firft feed him with the beft ^‘aVtavtiirg 
 fweet hay,dry oats, or dry beancs and oats mixt togc- hu t ie. 
 ther: in his travaile he fhall f eed him according to his 
 llomacke, more or leffe, and in his Reft at a certain® 
 proportion, as half a peck at each watering, is utterly 
 iufficient. 
 
 In your travaile feed your horfe early, that he may 
 take his reft foon. 
 
 In travaile by no meanes wafh nor walk your horfe, 
 but be fure to rub him clean. 
 
 Water him a mile before you come to your Inne,or 
 more,as fhal lie in your journey,or if you fail thereof, 
 toibear it till next naorning„for water hath often done 
 hurt, want of waternever did any. 
 
 Let your horfe neither eat nor drink when he is ex- 
 treatne hot,for both are unwholfome. 
 
 . When the dayes are excream hot,labour your horfe 
 , morning and evening,and forbear high-EOon.. 
 
 Take not your faddle off fuddenly.bur at leifure,and 
 laying on the cloth,lay on the faale again til he be cold. 
 
 Litter your horle deep, and in the dayes of his reft, 
 let icalfo.lye under.him.. 
 
 Dreffe your horfe twice a day when he refts,and one® 
 when he travails. 
 
 If the horfe bee ftoned let him goe to foile, and bee * 
 purged with graffe in May .• a moncth is time long;e- 
 
 nough,and that.graffe which grows in Orchards under. 
 
 trees is beft. • > 
 
 Let bloud fpring: and fall,for they are the beft. times 
 to prevent fickneffes. . 
 
 In your, journying light at every ftcep hill, for it is a 
 great refrcfaing.and comfort toy.our horfe. 
 
 Before you fleep every night in your journey fee all 
 your 
 
^ Tb«ge neral! cure of dll Catted. 1 Book, 
 
 your herfes feet ftopt withOxe dung, for it taketh a- 
 the heat of travail and furbating. 
 
 Manyother neceflary rules there arc, but fo depen¬ 
 ding upoutlielc already (hewed, that who fo keepeth 
 them, thill not be ignorant of any of the reft,for they 
 differ more innamechen nature. 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Bow to cure all general inward (icknrjies inborfes 3 which 
 trouCle the whale body, of Feverf of all forts t 
 Plagues , infeHionsfwdfucb like , 
 
 S Icknefies in generall are of two kinds,one offending 
 the whole body,the other a particular menaber.-thc 
 firft hidden, and not vifib'e } the other apparant and 
 known by his outward demonftration.Of the firft then 
 which offendeth the whole body,are Fevers of all forts 
 as the Quoddian,the Tertian, the Quartan, the Conti* 
 nuall,the Hittique,the Fevers in Auturanc,in Summer, 
 or in Wintcr,tnc Fever by furfeit,Fever Pcftilcnt,Fc- 
 ver accidental,or the general plague,they ate al known 
 by thefc figns,much trembling, panttng, and fweating, 
 a fullen countenance that was wont to be cheerlul,hot 
 breathjfaihtnesin lab©sr,decayof ilomock & coftive- 
 ne> in the body .-any,oral of which when you perceive, 
 ‘ firft let the horfe blood, and after give himthisdrink: 
 He' Cur# Take of Sellaaine roots and leaves and all,a good hand- 
 
 e ‘ ' full,as much ^mjroo^and.as waiTi them 
 
 well, and then brutfe them ina.morter, which done, 
 boyle them ina quart of Ale ivell,rhen (train them,and 
 adde to the liquor half a pound, of-Tweet butter, then 
 being but hike-warm give it.the horfe to drink : or 
 hilt an ounce of Dia/ent, in a pint of Muikadine. 
 
 Chap. 
 
i Book, Oftbi Horfe. 
 
 ch apTex 
 
 Of the Head-acb, Frenzte or Staggers. 
 
 T He figns to know thcfc difeafes, which indeed 
 are all of one nature, and work all one effe&.of 
 mortality ,ar@ hanging down of the head, watry 
 eyes,rage and reeling. And the cure is to let the horlc 
 bloud in the neck, there mornings together, and every 7 * 1 * Cure * 
 morning to take a great quantity,then after each mor¬ 
 ning hloud-letting,to give the horfe the drink. Take a 
 quart of Ale and boyle it with a big white bread cruft 
 men take it from the fire and diffolve three or foure 
 lpoonfulsof honey in it, then luke-warm give it the 
 horfe to drink,and cover his temples over with a plai¬ 
 ner of pitch,and keep his head exceeding warm,let his 
 meatbe ]itde,and his ftablejlark. But to give him the 
 former quantity of Dupente, either in Muskadine, or. 
 hony water is the bell cure. 
 
 -C BAP. X. 
 
 Of the feeding evill. 
 
 T He Sleeping evill or Lethargy in horfesproreeds 
 from cokl,Eeamy,moifthumours,whiehbind up 
 
 the vitall parts and makes them dulland heavy. The 
 fignes are continuall fleeping or defire thereunto. Th* The Cure 
 cure is, to keep him much waking , and twice in or^e * * 
 week to give him as much fweet fope ( in nature of a 
 pill )as a Ducks Egge,and then after give him to drink 
 a little new milk and honey which, is the only cure 
 at the fir ft, for tins difeafe. But to be certain, I .pray 
 look in my Maftef-piece, and there you fhaiffind of 
 the infirmity more largely difcburfcdoi,chis being but 
 a gene rail cure of all Cattie,and not particularly hand* 
 led, of horfes, as that is. 
 
&j. __ The general cure of all Cattell. i BoOk. 
 
 CHAP.Xr. 
 
 Of.-the falling evilly Plant-fly ooie e^ Night¬ 
 mare 3 or Palfey, 
 
 T Hough thefe difeafes have feveral faces,and look 
 as though there were much difference b, tvveene 
 them,yet they are in nature al one,and proceed al from 
 one offence, which i; onely cold flegroatick humour?, 
 inge-ndred about the brain, and benumming the fenfes, 
 weakning the members, fometimes eaufing a horfe to 
 faildowne 3 and then it is called the falling evilhfome- 
 times weakning but one member o'nly,then it is called 
 Planetftrookjfometimes oppreffing a horfes ftomack, 
 and making him ‘fweat in his fleep, and then it is cal led 
 the flight-mare,: and fometimes fpoyling an efpeciall 
 member 5 by fome ft range contra<ftion,and then it is cal- 
 ^ leda Palfey-The cure for any of thefe inff mitics 3 is to 
 CaT: ’ - give the horfe this purging pill: Take of Tarre three 
 fpoonfuls,of fweet butter the like quantiry, beat them 
 well together with the powder o iLjquoras^Anni-feeds 
 and ’Sugar-candyjiiS.it bedike pafte then makeit into 3 
 round bals 3 and put into each bal two or three cloves of 
 Garlick,and fo give them unto the horfe, obfervhg to 
 ‘ - 'warm him both'before and after.and keep him faffing 
 'two-or threehours likewi(e,both before and after. 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 , Of the general! Cramps erConuulfton of finerves. 
 
 /''"'tRamp are taken to be the contrafting or drawing 
 •* . ' ogetfrer of the Sinewe?,of any one member: but 
 
 Convulfiohs are wherithe whole body,frbm the fetting 
 'on of the head to theextreameft parts aregeneraly con- 
 r he Cure.I tra&edand-fl.ifncd.The cure of either is, firft to chafe 
 
 1 . and 
 
and rub the member contracted With vinegar & com¬ 
 mon oyl,and then to wrap it all over with wet Hay,or 
 rotten Litter,or elfe with wet woollen cloaths, either 
 of which is a preient Remedy. 
 
 CHAP. 13. 
 
 L Of any cough or cold whatfoever , wet or dry 3 orfor Any 
 consumption or putrifaBion of tb e Lung s 
 whatfoever. 
 
 A Cold is got by unnaturall heats,and too fuddain 
 coolings, and thefe colds ingender coughs, and 
 thofe coughs,putrifadion or rottennefie ol the Lungs. 
 The cure’ therefore for them all in genera 11 , is to take 
 a handfull or two of the white and greenifh raofle 
 which growes upon an old Oke pole, or any old Oke 
 wood, and boyl it in a quart of milk till it be thick,and 
 being cold turned to felly, then If ram it, and giye it the 
 Horielukewarme every morning till his cough end j or 
 elfe take three quarters of an ounce ol the conlerve of 
 Elic&mpanepixsA diffolve it in a pint of Sack, and luke¬ 
 warm give it the Horfe faffing; then ride him after ir, 
 and let him up warm,feed as ordinary times; thus doe 
 three mornings together. 
 
 CHAP. 14. 
 
 O f the running Glaunders , or mourning of the 
 chine. 
 
 T Ake of Auripigmentum two drams,ofT uffiUginis 
 made into powder as much, then mixing them tof 
 gether with Turpentine till they be like pafte, and ma¬ 
 king thereof little cakes,dry them before the fire: then 
 take a chafing-difh and coales, and laying one or two 
 of the cakes thereon,cover them with a tunnehand then 
 the fmoke rifing,put the tunnel into the horfes noftnls 
 and let the fmoake goe up into his head : which done 
 G ride. 
 
66. The gpner all Cure of -ill CcucsR i Book. 
 
 ride the horfe till he fweat.-do thus once every morning 
 before he be watered, till the running at. his noftnlls 
 ceafe,and rhe btrmh under his chaps wear away. 
 
 CHAP. 15. 
 
 Of hide botmdjoj confumption of the fief}. 
 
 H ide bound oresnfumption of che fleih,proceeeds 
 from unreafonable travail di'. orderly dyet,& ma¬ 
 ny furfeits.Itis known by a general diflike and leannefs 
 over the vhole. body, and by the flicking of the skinne 
 clofe to the body,in fuch fort that it wil not rife from 
 rae cure, rhe body .The cure is,fi rft to let the horfe bIoud,& then 
 
 give him to drink three or four mornings together a 
 quart of new-milk,with two fponfuls of hony,and one 
 ounce of London, treacle-.then let his food be either fod- 
 den barly, warm Grains and Salt, or beans fpleted in a 
 milljhis dunk Mafhes. 
 
 . CHAP. 16. 
 
 Oy the l-resfi pain^ or any other ficknefe proceeding fvmn 
 the hearths the Anticor and fuch like. 
 
 7 Hcfedifeafes proceed from too rank feeding, and 
 much ratneffe.-the iigns'are a faultring in hi; forelegs 
 a oiiVoIeneffe to bow down his neck, and a trembling 
 " 44 Ci:r " over all his body .The cure is,to let him bioud,and give 
 him three mornings together two fpoonfulsof Diapcnt 
 in a quart of Ale or Beer,for it alone.putteth away ail 
 infect on fromihe heart. 
 
 CHAP. 17. 
 
 Of tyred horfes. 
 
 I F your horfe be tyred either in journying or any 
 hunting match,your beft help for him is to give him 
 warm 
 
iBook. . OftbeBonft. 
 
 warm urine to drink, & letting him blond’ in the mouth 
 to fuffer him to lick up and fw allow the iame.Then if 
 you can come where any netles are, to rub his mouth 
 and fheath wel there witmthen gently to Ride him un¬ 
 till you come to your retting place, where fer him up 
 very warm j and before you go to bed, give him lix 
 fpoonfuls of Aqua, vita to drink,and as much proven-* 
 der as he will eat.The next morning rub his legs with 
 fliecps foot oyl, and it will bring frefh nimblenes unto 
 his iincws. 
 
 CHAP* 18* 
 
 Of difeafes in the ftomack ^as furfeitsfoathing J 
 of meat or drink^pr fuch li\e i 
 
 I F your horfe with the glut of provender, or eating 
 raw food,have given fuch offence to his ftomack that 
 he caftcth up al heeatethor drinketh, you ihallfirft 
 give him a comfortable- drench, as Diapentepv Trea~ 
 phamicon in Ale or beer then keeping him fatting,let 
 him have no food buc what he eateth out of your hand 
 which would be bread well bakt and old, and after e- 
 verytwoor three bits a lock of fweet hay:andhis 
 drinit would be onely new milk till his ftomack have 
 gotten ftrength,and in a bag you ihal commonly hang 
 at hisnofe fowr-broun bread fteept in vinegar,at which 
 he mutt ever fmdgand his ftomack wil quickly come 
 again to his firft ftrength. 
 
 ‘-CHAP. 1 9 . 
 
 O f foundring in th e body. 
 
 F Oundrmg in the body is of furfeits the mortalleft 
 and fooneft gotten: it proceedcth irom intemperate 
 riding a horfe when'he is fat,& then fudainly buffering 
 • G 2 him 
 
The general} cure p( all Cat tell. 
 
 i Book. 
 
 bimu take cole!} then wafhing a fat torfc there is no¬ 
 thing iooiier bringeth this infirmity .The figss are fad- 
 neffe of c ountenance.ftaring hair/nffndTe of limb,ansl 
 Ioffe of belly: and the cure is only to giyehim whole - 
 Hie cure, fome ftrong meat,as brc ad of clean beanes, and warm 
 drink,and for two or three mornings together a quart 
 of Ale brewed with Peppered Cmamon and anounce 
 of London-treacle. 
 
 CHAP. 20. 
 
 0/ the hungry evill. 
 
 T He Hungry evill is an unnatuxall and over-hafty 
 greedines in a horfe co.devour his meat fafter then 
 he can chew ir,and is only known by his greedy fetch¬ 
 ing at his mear,as if he would devour it w hole.-the cure 
 Th;cure. is,to give him to drink milk and wheat meal mixt to¬ 
 gether by a quart at a time,and to feed him with pro¬ 
 vender by a little and a little till he forfake it. 
 
 CHAP. 21. 
 
 Of the difeafes of the Liver , as tnfiamations y oiHruBi“ 
 ons^and com Jumpitons. 
 
 THe Liver,which is the veffell ot blood, is fubjed to 
 many difeafes, according to tire diftemperature of 
 the blood,and the figns to know it,is a ftinking breath, 
 fix Cure an ^ a mutual looking towards his body:and the cure is 
 to take A-ri&ilochia longafc boyl it in running.water, 
 till the half part be confirmed,and let the horfe drink 
 continually thereof,and it will cure all evils about the 
 Liver, or any inward conduits of blood. 
 
 CHAP. 22. 
 
 Of the difeafes of the Gall and efpecially of the Tel!owes. 
 
 F Rom the overflowing of the Gal,or rather want of 
 the Gal, which is the vcfiel of cholkr,fpring many 
 mortal! 
 
Of tbiBorfe. 
 
 mortal difeafes,efpecially the YelIows,which isa ne x- 
 tream taint mortal fickneffe,if it be not prevented be- 
 time: the fjgns are yellowneffeofthe eies and skin, and 
 chiefly underneath hisupper lip next unto his foreteeth, 
 a fuddea & faint falling down by the high way.or in the 
 ltabie, &an univerfai fwcat over ;;1 the bodyithe cure 
 is 3 firil to let the horfe blood in the neck,in the mouth, 
 and under the eiesj then take two penny-worth of Saf- 
 which bang dried and made into fine powder,' 
 miv-e tt wna s weet Barter,and in manner of a pill siye 
 it m balls to the hoi fe, three mornings togetherjet his 
 dnnk be warm,and his hay fpnnkled with water : A 
 quart of ftrong deco&ion of Salladiae helps it alio. 
 
 The Cure, 
 
 CHAP. XXIII. 
 
 Of the i'ickneji'e oftbe fpl eeri. 
 
 JHe Spleen which is theveflel.of Melancholly,when 
 it is overcharged therewith, grows painfull hard 
 and great, in fuch fort, that lometjmes itis vilible. ti e 
 figns to know it,is much groaning,ha fty feeding and a 
 continual! looking to his l-f c fide only. The cure is 
 take Agrimony, and boil a good quantity of it m the rhc Cure ‘ 
 water, which the horfe fliall drink, and chopping the 
 leaves fmali, mac them very well; with fweet M a y- 
 butter and give the horfe two or three good round 
 balls chereotjin the manner of Pills. 
 
 . CHA p. XX TUI. • 
 
 ./ Of the droplieor tyill bUitofibcbod^ ■ ' ! 
 
 ? He P r °P fic is that evil! habit of the body which in- 
 gendred by f urfeits & unreadable labouValtereth 
 the colours Sc complexions of horfes,Sc changeth the 
 G 2 hairs. 
 
7 ° 
 
 The getier&U. cure of aH Cat tell. 
 
 I Book. 
 
 hairs, in fuch an unnaturall lore, that a man fnall not 
 know theBeaft,with whicii he hath been moft familiar. 
 r The cure is to take a handfull or two of Wormweod^md 
 “ re * boyling it in Ale or Beer a quart or better, give it the 
 horfeto drink iuke-warm, morning and evening, and 
 let him only drink his water at noon time of the day. 
 
 CHAP. XXV. 
 
 Of the CoHuk.BeMy-ake i and Belli'hound. 
 
 THeCollick orBelly-ake,is a fretting or gnawing or 
 -» fu elling of theBelly,or great bag,proceeding from 
 windie humors,or from eating of green com or pulfe, 
 hot grains without Salt or labourer bread dow-bak’c: 
 andBelly-bound is,when a horfe cannot dung.The cure 
 The Cure. c f the Chollick or Bcily-ake, is, to take good ftoi-e of 
 the herb Did, and boilc it in the water you give your 
 horfe to drink, but if he cannot dung, then you fhall 
 boil in his water good (lore of the herb called Tengreek 
 and it will make him loofe without danger or hurting. 
 
 CHAP. XXVI. 
 
 OftbeTiaxe or Bloudj-Flixe. 
 
 ’ '“|“HeLaxe or Bloody-flix,is an unnaturall loofeneffe 
 
 * in a horfes body,which not being flayed, will for 
 want of other excrement,make a horfe void bloud on- 
 • Cure, ^ The cure is, take a handful of the herb Shepherds- 
 /?»rf<r,and boil it in a quart of (Irons Ale,and when it is 
 luke-warm take the feed of the herb mod-reft ftampr, 
 and put.it therein,and give it the horfe to dirnk. 
 
 Chap. 
 
CHAP.XXVII. 
 
 Of the falling of the fundament. 
 
 THis comimeth through miflike and weaknes,and the The Cure -- 
 cure is: Take Town erefs i?f 3 and having dried them to 
 powder, with your hand putup the Fundament, and 
 then A row the powder thereon,after it lay a little hony 
 thereon,and then ftrow more of the powder,mixt with 
 the powder, of Commin^vA it helpeth. 
 
 CHAP. XXVIII. 
 
 Of Sots and Wormes of all forts. > 
 fT^He Bots & gnawing of worms,is a grievous pain, 
 
 X & the fignsto know themes the horfes oftbeating 
 his belly,and tumbling and wallowing on the ground, 
 with much defire to lie on his back. The cure is, take The Cure, 
 the leaves chopt of the herb S.iven 3 & mixeit with hony 
 and butter y zxA making two or three'bals thereof, make 
 the horfe fwallow them down,and it Will help him. 
 
 CHAP. XXIX. 
 
 Of the pain in the Kidneys , pain pij?e y or the fonei . 
 
 A LL thefedifeafesfpring from oneground,which 
 is only gravel and hard matter gathered together 
 in theKidncys,and fo flopping the conduits olUrine:the 
 fignes are only that the horfe wil oft ftrain to pifle,6ut 
 cannot. The cure is, to take a handfull of Maiden-hair The Curs " 
 and ftcep it all night in a quart of ftrong AIe,and give 
 it the horfe to drink every morning ttll he be welhthis 
 will break any ftone whatfoever in a horfe. 
 
 CHAP. XXX. 
 
 Of the StranguSion. 
 
 T His is a foreneflein the horfes yard,and a hot bur¬ 
 ning fmarting when he pifleth: the fignes are, hee 
 
i Book. 
 
 7 2 The general! c'kre of dll Cattell. 
 
 The Cure, w il pi{f e 0 f Cj yet tut a drop or two at once.The cure is, 
 to boilin the water which he drinketh, good ftore of 
 the herb Majth t otHogs-fennel 3 and it will cure him. 
 
 CHAP. XXXI, 
 
 Of pijjing bloud. 
 
 T His commeth with over travelling a horfe,or tra¬ 
 velling a horfe fore in the winter, whenhegoeth 
 The Cure, to grafle:the cure is,take Ariftolochia- longa 3 z handfull, 
 and boil it in a quart of Ale, and give it the horfe to 
 drink luke-warm,and give him alio reft. 
 
 CH AP. XXXII. 
 
 Of the Cch-evillj mattering of the yard Jailing of the 
 yard 3 fheddi/ig the Seed, 
 
 ALL thele evils proceed from much luft in a horfe: 
 The Car* x^andthe cure is,the powder of the herb Avit 3 and 
 the leaves of Bettony, (lamp diem with white wine to a 
 moift falve„and annoint the fore therewith,and it wil 
 heal all imperfe&ion in the yard.-but if the horfe ftied 
 his feedjthen beat FenicefFiirpentineji Sugar together, 
 and give him every mbrning a good round ball there¬ 
 of, until! the fluxe ft ay. 
 
 , CHAP. XXXIII. .. 
 
 * Of the particular! difeafe* in.MaresJarrennes 3 confump- 
 
 tionyageof loveaft i;ng Foals Jo ardnefi e to foa !, and 
 bow to make a Mare cafi her Foal. 
 
 ] F you have your Mare barren, let good ftore of the 
 hcrbAonuuicaftw be boil’d in the water foe drinketh, 
 if you would have her ■ fruitful! then boyl good ftore 
 ' of Mother if art in the water which foedrinketh:If foe 
 lofc her belly, which foeweth a copfumption of the 
 womb, 
 
I Book. Of the Herfe. 
 
 womb,you fhal then give her a quart ofBrineto drink, 
 Mugmrt being boiled therein.lf your Mare through 
 pride of keeping,growinto too extreana luft/othat the 
 wil negleft her food,thrcrugh the violence of her flefh- 
 ly appetite,as it is often feen amongft them, you fhall 
 houi'e her for two or three daies, and give her every 
 morning a bal ofButrer ScAgmscaBus chopt together 
 if you would have your Mare caft a Foal,take a hand- 
 full of Dettony , and boil it in a quart of Ale,and it wil 
 deliver her prel’ently. If the cannot Foal, take the herb 
 Horft mint, and either drie it or ft amp it, and take the 
 powder, or the juyce,and mixe it with ftrong Ale,and 
 give it theMare,and it wil help her .If your Mare from 
 former bruifings or ftrokes be apt to caft her Foals,as 
 many are, you {hall keep her at graffevery warm, and 
 once in a week give her a good warm mafh of drink j 
 this fecrctly kmttcth beyond expe&ation. 
 
 CHAP. XXXIIII. 
 
 Of drinking venom 3 as borfReaches fens dung orfuch like „ 
 
 I F your horfehavedrunkHorfe-leaches,Hens-dung 
 feathery) r fuch like venemous thing,which you fhaj 
 know by his panting, fwelling, or fcouring, you fhall 
 take the herb Swthijtle^nA drying it,beat it into pow- 
 dir,and put three fpoonfuls thereof in a quart of Ale, 
 and give it the Horfe to drink. 
 
 CHAP. XXXV. 
 
 Of Suppoflt aries\Cl)Ci ersyind Purgations. ' 
 
 f F your horfe by ficknes,ftri£t dyet,or too vehement 
 travel grow dry andcoftive in his body,as is ordina¬ 
 ry,the ^ a. fie ft means in extremity to help hitn,is to give 
 
 him 
 
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 7 % 
 
 The gener all cure cf all Cattett. 
 
 him a fuppofitary;the beft of which is,to take a candle 
 of four in the pou;id,and cut off five inches at the big¬ 
 ger end,and thrufting it up a good way with your hand 
 into his fundament, prefently clap downe his taile,and 
 hold it hard to his tuell a quarter of an hour, or half an 
 hour, and then give him liberty to dung : but if this be 
 not flroDg enough, then you fhall give him aClyfter, 
 and that f , take foure handfulls ol the herb Anife, and 
 boileitina potde of running water, till half be coufu- 
 med,then rake the deco<5tion,and mixe it with a pint of 
 fallet pyl,and a p retry,quanti-y of fait, and with a cly- 
 fter-pipe,give it him at his tuel.But if this be too weak, 
 then give him a purgation thus, take twenty raifins' of 
 the funne without ftonts,and ten figs flit, bode them in 
 a pottle of running water, rill it come to a gelly, then 
 mixe it with the powder of Liquoras,Anife-feeds,and 
 Sugar-candy:til ic be like pafte,then make it into bals, 
 and role it in fweet butter., and fugar,and fo give it the 
 horfe,to the quantity of t’mee hen egges. 
 
 CHAP. XXXV!. 
 
 OfNeefing$ and FriUions. 
 
 T Here be other two excellent helps for fick hor- 
 fes,as Fri<5tions,and Neefings: the firfi to com- 
 forc the outward parts of the body,when the vi¬ 
 ral powers,are aftonifhed;the other to purge rht head, 
 when it is ftopt with Phiegme,coId,or other thick hu- 
 mours.And of Fri<aions,the beft is Vinegar and Patch- 
 greale, melted together, and very hot chafed into the 
 horfes body againft the hair. And to make a horfe neefe 
 there is nothing better then to take a bunch of Peliito- 
 ry of Spain,and binding it to a fticf,thruft it up into a 
 horfes noftriis,and it wil make him neefe without hurt 
 or violence. ' CHAP. 
 
CHAP. XXXVII. 
 
 Of JifeafeS in the eyes : as watry-eyes, l/ocd-fhotten-eyes, 
 dim-eyes 3 tnoon-eyes,flreke in the eye } wart in the eye i 
 inflammation in the eye , pearly pirated, or haw. 
 
 U N 7 to the eye belongeth many difeafes, all which 
 have their true fignes in their names .-and as cou¬ 
 ching that which is watry, bloud-fhotten, dim, moone, 
 ftric«en,or inflamed,they haveal one cure.The cure is, The G«re, 
 take wormwood,and beat it in a mortar with the gal of 
 a Bull,ftraine it, and anoynt the horles eyes therewith, 
 ard it is an approved remedy .But for the wart,pearle, 
 pin,or web, which are evills "growne in and upon the 
 eye-,to take them off, take the juyee of the herb Betin. 
 and wafh the eye the icwith, and it will wear the fpots 
 away, for the haw every Smith can cut it out. 
 
 CHAP. XXXVIII. 
 
 Of the Impoflhume in the ear , Pole-evill, Tifl'uUfwelling 
 aft' r hlottd'letting , any gold back 3 canker in the rri- 
 th-:rs,ft-faH 3 wens 3 navell-gall 3 or any hollow ulcer. 
 
 T Hcfe difeafes are fo apparent and common that 
 they need no further diferiptio but their names, 
 and the moll certain cure is, to take clay of a T ^ c Cure. 7 
 mud or lome wall,without lime, the draws and a!l,and • 
 boyling it in ftrong Vinegar, apply it plaifler-wife to 
 the lore,and it will ©f its own nature fearch to the bot- 
 tome and heal it: provided that if you fee any. dead or 
 proud flein to arifc,that then you either eat or cut it a? 
 way, CHAP. XXXiX, 
 
 Of the Fives, 
 
 F Or theVrves,which is an inflammatio of the kirnels 
 between the chap and the neck of the horle: take 
 
Temper one penny \vonh,of Twines greafe on fpoonful, 
 the juyce of a handftiJl oi-Rewfinegarjtw o fpoonfuls, 
 mixethem together, and then put it equally into both 
 the horfes ears,and then tie them up with two flat la¬ 
 ces, then fhake the ears, that the medicine may go 
 down,which done,iet the horfe blood in the neck, and 
 in the temple veine;,and it is a certain cure. 
 
 C H A D .XL. 
 
 Of the frangle, or any Bile, Bench,or other Impofume 
 whafoever. 
 
 A L thefedifeafes are of one nature, being only hard 
 *■ "biles or impoftumcs,gathered together by evil hu¬ 
 mours, either between the chaps, or elfewhcre on the 
 Tfce Cure kody. Tne cure is, take Southernwood, and dry it to 
 powder,and with Early meal, and the yolk oi an Egge, 
 make it into a falve,ana lay it to the impoftu me,and it 
 will rjpen it, break it,and heal it. 
 
 r ^ ci 
 
 CHAP. XLI. 
 
 Of the Canker in the nofe, or any other part of the lody a 
 
 T O heal any Canker in what part foeverit be: take 
 the juice or Plantain, as much Vmegaifk the fame 
 weight of the powder ot Adcm,and with it annoync the 
 foie twice or thrice a day,and it wil kill it,and cure it. 
 
 CHAP. XLII, 
 
 Offtanching of hlood,whether it he at the Nfe, or 
 proceed it em any wound. 
 
 I F your horfe bleed violently at the nofe,and wil not 
 be ftaidthen you ihall take Bettery,a nd ftarnp it in a 
 monarwitl bay-falc,or other white-fait,& ft op i tin to 
 the horfes nole,or apply it to the wound,& it wil ftanch 
 • ‘ it: 
 
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 it:but if you be fudenly taken,as riding by the high way 
 or otherwife, and cannot get this herb, you {hall then 
 take any wolicn doth,or any felt hay 3 and with a knife 
 fcrape a fine Lint from it,and apply it to the bleeding 
 plac:e,and it willftanchit ptefentiy. 
 
 CHAP. 4j. 
 
 Of the clifeafes in the mouth 3 &S blaudjrift$ 3 LigS,LampaS 
 Cameryfnflammation 3 tongue-hurt y or the Barbs. 
 
 f F you find any infirmity in your horfes mocth,as the 
 bloudy rifts,which are chaps or rifts in the palate of 
 ' the horfes mouthjthe jigs,which a little puftels or blad¬ 
 ders within the horfes lips .-the Lampalfe,which is an 
 excreifion of ftefh above the teeth;the Camery,which 
 is little warts in the roof of the mouth, inflamation 
 which is blifters:barbs,which are two little paps under 
 the tongue or any hurt on the. tongue by bit or other - 
 wife:you lhal take the leavs of mrmmod &the leaves The 
 ofshirtmt,znd beat them in a morter with a little ho^ 
 ny,and with it anaoint the fores, and it will heal them, 
 asfortheLampafle,theymuftbe burnt away, which 
 theignorameft Smith can eafily do. 
 
 ■ CHAP. 44. 
 
 Of pain in the teeth 3 or loofe teeth. 
 
 F Or aay pain in the teeth,take Bettony and feeth it in 
 Ale or vinegar til a half part be confumed,&wafh 
 all the gums therewith: but if they be loofe,then only 
 rub them with the leaves of Elecampane ox Horfechelm 
 after they have been let blood,and it will faften them. 
 CHAP. 45. 
 
 Of theCrickjnthe neck. 
 
 TjOr theCrick in the neck, you thal fir A chafe it with 
 the Fri&ion before ipecified, and then aanoint and 
 bathe 
 
Thegeneral}\cu*eof aUC^ftell I Book, 
 
 barh it with fope and vinega.r,boyled rogeth er. 
 
 CHAP. 4^. 
 
 of the falling, in the Crefjtfanginefle in the maine, 
 or ftedding of the hair. 
 
 A LL thefe difeafes proceed from poverty, miflike, 
 or over riding, and thebeft cure of the falling of 
 the Creft, is bloud-letting, and proud keeping, with 
 Lore of meat for ftrength andfatndTe ever will raife 
 up the Creft, 6ut if the main be mangy, you (hall an- 
 noint it with Butter,and Brimftone, and if the hair fall 
 away,then tskeSoutbernwoodjindi burn it to allies, then 
 take thofe alhes,and mixing them with common oyle, 
 annoint the place therewith,and it.will bring hair pre~ 
 fentIy,imooth,thick,and fair.. 
 
 ' ' CHAP. 47. 
 
 O fpain in the withers. 
 
 A Horfes withers are . fubje<a to many griefs and 
 fwellings, which proceed from cold humours, 
 fometimes from evil! Lddles,therefore if at any time 
 you fee any fwelling about them,you lhal take the herb 
 Bearts-tongue£Xi& boil irwith the oil of Rofisj&ni very 
 hot apply it to the fore, and It will alfwage ir, or elfe 
 break it and healit. 
 
 CHAP. 48. 
 
 Of peaking the bad&^ or weak»efie in the backe. 
 
 THeie two infirmities are dangerous, and may be ea- 
 X led,butnever abfolurely cured,therefore where you 
 find them, take Ceiworts and boyle them in oyle, 
 andmixing them in a little bean meal-charge the back, 
 and it will ftrengthenit.; 
 
 v ; CH,AP, 
 
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 Of the Sorfe, " 79 
 
 CHAP. 40. 
 
 Of the Itch in the taifor of the ge tier all Scab and man- 
 ginejs e y or of the Fame. 
 
 F Or any ofthefe difeafes,take frefh greale,& yellow 
 ■Arfnid^m ixe them together,and where the Maugr 
 nefle or lech is,there- rub it hard in,the fore being made 
 raw: but it it be for Faroe, then with a knife flit all 
 the knots,both bird and foft, and then rub in the medi¬ 
 cine: which done, tie up the Horle, fo as he may not 
 come to bite himfelt,and then after lie hath flood two 
 or three hours, take old piffle and fait boyid together, 
 provided always that you firftlet himbloud,and take 
 good ftore from him,and alfo give him every morning 
 a ftrong fcouring, or a ftrong purge, both which are 
 fhewed before. 
 
 CHAP. 50. 
 
 0 fatty halting which commetb by frame y or flroke y 
 either before or lehindjrom the fhoulder 
 c-r hippe down to the hoofe. 
 
 1 here be many in firmities which make a Horfe halt 
 as pinching the fhoulder , wrench in the fhoulder 
 wrench in die neather joynt, fplacting the fhoulder] 
 fhoulder pight,flrayns in joynts, & fuch hke,all which] 
 fince they happen by one accidcnc,as namely,by the vi¬ 
 olence of fome flip or ftrain,they may be cured by one 
 medicine,St it is thus. After you have found where the 
 griefis,as you may do by griping and pinching every 
 feveral member,then where he inofl compiaincth,theiE 
 is his mo ft grief. You fhall take if the ftrain be newJ 
 Vinegar, Boleomoniake 3 the whites of Eggs and beane- 
 • flower;, 
 
So The geaersB Cure of all CatteS I Book * 
 
 flower, and having beaten them to a perfect falve,Iay 
 them very hot to the fore place,and it *wil cure itjbut if 
 die ftrain be old,then take vinegar and butter,and mel¬ 
 ting them together with wheat bran,make it into pultis, 
 and lay it to the fore as hot as may be,and it wil with-; 
 out doubt takeaway the grief. 
 
 CHAP. 51. 
 
 Of foundring in the feet 
 
 O F foundring there be two forts,a dry& a wef:thc 
 dry Foundring is incurable, the wet is thus to be 
 helpt.Firft pare althe loals of his feet fo thin,that you 
 may fee the quick,then let him blood at every toe,and 
 let them bleed wel, then flop the vein with tallow, and 
 Rofen,and having tackt hollow lhooes on his feet,flop 
 them with bran, tarre, and tallow, as boyling hot as 
 may be,and renue it once in two dayes,for a week to- 
 gether,then exercife him much,and his feet will come 
 to their true ufe and nimbleneffe. 
 
 CHAP. 52. 
 
 Of the Splent y curbe^ Bone-fpaven^r nny knobbie or l any 
 excreffion or King-bone. 
 
 A SpIent is a bony excreffion under the knee or rhe 
 fore-leg, theCurbeis the liVe behind the hinder 
 houghjthe Spavin is the like on the in fide of the hinder 
 hough,and the Ringbone is the like on thecronet of che 
 hoofe. And the cure i?,firft upon the top of the cxcref- 
 fion,make a flit with your knife the length of a Barly- 
 com,or a little more,and then with a fine cornet raife 
 the skin from the bone,and having made it, hollow the 
 compaffe of the excreffion, and no more,take a little 
 lint,& dip it into the oyl oiQriganumjixA thruft it into 
 
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 OftbeHorfe . 
 
 the hole and cover the knob,and fo let it bridle till you 
 fee it rot, and that Nature cafteth out both the medi¬ 
 cine and the core.As for the Ring-bone you (hill need 
 to fcarifie and annoint it with the oyle only. . 
 
 CHAP. 53. 
 
 Of the Meander jSelanderJainSyScratchesjmelletjmules^ 
 Crown-fcabs , and fuck like. 
 
 F Or any of thefeSorrances ,you {hall take verdi- 
 greafe. and loft greafe, and grinding them toge¬ 
 ther to an oyntment,put it in a box by it felf jthejj 
 take wax, Hogs-greaie, and Turpentine,of each alike, 
 and being melted together, put that lalve into another 
 Box:ti.ei\ -vvhe*i you come to dreffe the lore, after you 
 have taken off the fcab,and made it raw,you {hall an¬ 
 noint it with your green falve of Verdigreafe & frefh 
 greafeonly for two or three days; it is a fharpe falve, 
 and will kill the cankerous humour:then when you fee 
 the fore look fair, you {hall take two parts of the yel¬ 
 low falve, and one part of the green falve, and mixing 
 them together, annoint the fore therewith till it be 
 whole, making it ftrongei or weaker as you fhall find 
 occafion. 
 
 CAAP. 54- 
 
 Of an upper Attaint,or nether Attaint ,or any hurt 
 • by over-reaching. 
 
 T Htfe attaints are ftrokes or cuts by over-reaching 
 either on the back finew of the fore-legge, on the 
 heels or nether U ynts,and may be fafely healed by the 
 fame former medicine and meane which healeth the 
 Mallanderpt Selanderjn the former chapter } ont\y for 
 your over-reaches, you fhali before you appb ) oa r falve 
 lay the fore plain and open, without hollownej?e 3 and 
 
 r H ' 
 
3 2 - Thegeneral!cure of'allCatteH. i Book-, 
 
 walh ic with beere and fait,or vinegar and fait. 
 
 ' ■ ' . CHAP. 55. . . . 
 
 Of the infirmity of boofes, as falfe quarters , loofe-bogfes, 
 casting hoofesfboofe boundfiooo f-running foof- 
 br itilejioof‘e-hurt jboofe-foftjhoof-hard, 
 or generally to preferve boofes. 
 
 -’’I'He hoof is fubjecft to many mileries:as fir ft to falfe : 
 
 quarters,which commc-th by pricking, and muft be . 
 helpt by good fhooing, where the fliooe muft bear on ' 
 ever partof the foot but upon the falfe quarters onely. ; 
 If the hoof be loofe,annoint it with pitch of burgundy 
 and it will knit it:if it be clean caft off, .then pitch of 
 burgundymd tallow molten together, w.il bring a new 
 if it be bound or ftrained,it muft be very wel opened at 
 the; eels, the foal kept moift, and the cronet annointed 
 with the fat of bacon and tarre.Ifthe frufh ol the feet 
 run with {linking matter, it muft be ftopt with Soot, 
 Turpentine,and Bolearmenial-' mixt together : it it be 
 b: ittle or broken, then annoint it with pitch and Lin- 
 feed oyl,molten to a foft falvej if it be fofc, tnen flop 
 it vvithSope,and the a fires of a burnt felt mixttogether: 
 if the hoofes be hard, lay hot burning Cinders upon 
 tnem,and then flop them with tow and tallow.-and ge¬ 
 nerally for the preferving of all good hoofs, annoint 
 themdaily with the (ward or rind of fat bacon. 
 
 - . . ■ CHAP. 5 df. " ' "V 
 
 Of the blood-fpaven y or hough-bony ,or any other unnatural 
 fvcelhngfrom what caufefoever it proceedeth 
 
 T Hefe two forrances or puftel?,or foft round fwel- 
 (ings,the firft on the infide of the hinder hough,& 
 the other on the very huekfe of the hough behind,they 
 .. ' - " are 
 
TBooIc. ~ Oftkefforfe, 
 
 are foft.and very forehand the cureis: Fir ft to take up. Thccurc. 
 the vein above, and let it bleed only from below, then 
 having knit it faft with two {ho®e-makers ends on both 
 frdes the flit,cut the vein in two pieces: then take Lin- 
 feed,and bruife it in a morter,then mixe it with Cow - 
 dung,and heat it in a frying pan, and fo apply it to the 
 fwclling only,and if it break and run, then heal it with 
 a piaifter of pitch,and the horfe fhal never be troubled- 
 with Spav.en more:butif the. dwelling come by ftraine 
 or bruife,then-take patch-gieafe.and melting it,annoint 
 tire fore therewith,holding a hot Iron neere it to finke 
 in the greafe,then fold a linnen cloath about it, and it 
 will aflwage all fwellings whatfoever. 
 
 CHAP. 57. ■ ■ 
 
 . . . Ofrrind-GaUs. 
 
 'THefe are little blebs or loft fwellings on each fide 
 * the Fetlock, procured by much travaile on hard 
 and ftony -wayes. I he cure is to prick them, »nd to let The Cl * e * 
 put the jelly, and then dry up the fore with a playfter 
 of pitch. ‘- 
 
 CHAP.58. : , v . ; 
 
 Oj Enter fairing or Shackle-gal for any gaffings. 
 
 I f Nreriainng is hewing.one leg on another,and {fri¬ 
 sking off the skin, it.proceedeth from weakneffe or 
 ftraightnefle ol thehories pace, and Shackle, gall is a- 
 ny gall underneath the Fetlock. The cure is,to annoint Th{ Cur ^ 
 themryuhTurpenrine andVerdigreafemixttogether, 
 or- Turpentine alone, if it rankle not too much. 
 
 ’ -CH AP. 5*. 
 
 Hart son the Cronet.as the quitter-bonejar Matlong. 
 y He Tuitterbone is a hollow ulcer on the top of the 
 q • eronet, and L> is the Matlong,and the cure is: Firft 
 H 2 to 
 
J4 
 
 The general! <u?c of aliCittell 
 
 i Book. 
 
 to taint it with Verdigreafe- until! you have eaten out 
 the core,and made the wound very cleannheii you Ihall 
 heal it up with the fame halves that you heaie the 
 Scratches. 
 
 CHAP. *o, od 
 
 Of wounds in the foot 3 as gravelling 3 priclfngfgge^ 
 'retailyr cloying, 
 
 I F your Horfe have any wound in his foot' by what 
 mifchancc foever,you; fhal firft fearch it,add fee that 
 it he clear of any nay f po:nr> or other fpientto annoy 
 it,then waftrit very well with white wine and felt, and 
 after taint it with the oyntment called -Egyptiacum, and 
 then lay hote upon the taint with Flaxe hurds, Turpen¬ 
 tine 3 0fe and VVaxe minglyd together, and annoint all 
 the top of the hoof and crOriet with Bolearnmiake and 
 Vinegar : do this once a day untilfthe fore be whole., 
 
 , CHAP. '6-1. : 
 
 - : To draw out a Stub or Thorn. v 
 'T'Akethe herb - Het any fend. b r uife it in -a <mOfter with 
 ■* Llack fopeymd lay it to the forehand it will draw oirf 
 the fpienr,iron,thorn,or ftub. 
 
 . v- ■■ - CHAP. Cz.- -i ■; 
 
 Of the Aukurf Or Tetter. - va - 
 
 'J'He Aukury is a bloudy wart oh any part of the hor- 
 les bddy,and the Tettephs, cankerous ulcer like it: 
 the curd of both is with an hote 1 Iron to heard the one 
 plain to the body,and to fearifie the Other; then take the 
 juyee ofP/antain^ndtmxe it with Vinegar 3 H one) ? and 
 the powder of Atiom, ;and with it annoint the Sore till it 
 be whole. 
 
 : ' - • ! 1 - €HAE 
 
i Book. 
 
 OftheHorfe. 
 
 85 
 
 CHAP. 63. 
 
 Of the Cords or fir ing hth. 
 
 T His is an unnaiurall binding of the finews; which 
 imperfe&ion,a horle bringeth into the world with 
 him: and therefore it is certain it is incurable, and not 
 painfull 3 but onely an eye fore, yet the beft way to 
 keep it from worle inconvenience,is to bathe his limbs 
 in the decodtion of Co 1 efforts. 
 
 F 
 
 CHAP. *4. 
 
 Offpur-gdling J or fretting the skime, 
 and hair. 
 
 Or this there is nothing better then pifle and Salt, 
 with which waih the fore dayly. 
 
 CHAP. 6 5. 
 
 Of healing any old fore or wound. 
 
 TjRefh. Butter, and the hearbe Ameos chopt and bea- 
 » ten together to a falve will heal any wound,or any 
 old fore. 
 
 CHAP . 66 . 
 
 Of finews being cut. 
 
 J F the Horfes finews be cut, take the leaves of wild 
 ■Wept or Woodbine ^and beating them in a morter with 
 Ma y butter, apply it to the fore,and it will knit the fi¬ 
 news. 
 
 CHAP, 6 7 . 
 
 , Of eating away deadfiefh. 
 
 fV Ake Stubworf and lap it in a red dock Ieaf,and roft 
 ‘ “ it in the hot Cinders, and lay it to the fore, and it 
 wil eat away any dead flefh.So wil Verdigreafe,burnt 
 AUome,or Lime. 
 
 H S 
 
 The Cure. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
The general! Cure of all Catted I Book* 
 
 CHAP. 68. 
 
 Of knots in the joynts, 
 
 P Atch-greafe applied as is before {hewed for fweb 
 lingSjWill take away any hard knots in the flcfh,or 
 upon the finews. 
 
 CHAP. 6 9 . 
 
 Ofvenemous wounds, as biting with a mad Dog , 
 tu-.ks of Bores,Serpents,or fueh like. 
 
 F Or any of thefc mortall or venemous wounds,take 
 Tarrew.calamint , and the grains of wheat, and beat 
 them in a morter with water of Southernwood,and make 
 it into a falve.and lay it to the fo e, and it will heale it 
 fafely. 
 
 CHAP. 70. 
 
 Of Lice or Nits. 
 
 'J'His filthinefle ofVermine is bred in a horie through 
 UHnaturall diflike and poverty : the cure is,take the 
 juyce of Beets and Stavefaker beaten together,and with 
 itannoint the Horfes body oyer, and it will make him 
 dean. 
 
 CHAP. 71.. 
 
 Of defending a HcrfefremFlyes. 
 
 TAke the juyee of Peditery of Spain, and mixing it 
 with milk,annoint the horfes belly therewith, and 
 no flyes will trouble him. 
 
 CHAP. 72. 
 
 Of broken bones,or bones out of joynt. 
 
 A Fter you have placed the bones in their true pla- 
 ces,take the Fern-ofmund , and beat it in a morter 
 with the oyl of Swallows, and asnoint all the member^ 
 thenfplentit androie it ap, asd is fifteen dayes, the 
 bones will knit and be ftrong. 7 ' . 
 
 CHAP. 
 
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 Oftkefforfe* 
 
 CHAP-73. 
 
 Of drying up fores when they be almoB whole . 
 
 A Llorae burnt, unfleekr Lime,the allies of an old 
 fliooe-fole burnt, or Oyfter-fhels burnt, any of 
 thefe fimply by themfelvcs,wildry up any fore,though 
 never fo moyft. 
 
 CHAP. 74. 
 
 A moBfamom receit to make a horfethat is 
 lea» 3 a»dfail of inwardfickne/efound- 
 andfat in fourteene dayes having 
 been often approved of. 
 
 'J’Ake of wheat meal fix pound,Annifeeds two ounces. 
 Com min-feeds fixe drams, Carthamus one dram 
 and a half, Fenne-greeke-feeds one ounce two drams, 
 Brimftone one ounce and a half, Sallet oyle one pint-, 
 honey one pound and a half,white wine four pints: this 
 siuft. be made into paft, the hard fimplcs being poun¬ 
 ded into powder,and finely fearft.and then kneaded to¬ 
 gether 3 and fo made into bals as big as a mans fi ft, then - 
 every watering confome one ofthofe bals iat© his cold 
 water .which he drinketh lor morning and evening for 
 fifteen days together, and if at the fir ft he be dainty to 
 drink the water, yet care not, but let him faft till he 
 drink it, and after he begins to take it, he will drink it 
 with great greedineffe. 
 
 CHAP. 75. 
 
 Hew to make a white Starre. 
 
 S Lit the horfes fore-head the length of your ftarre, 
 and then raife the skinne up with a cornet, and put 
 in a plate of Lead as bigge as the Starre, and let it re¬ 
 main fo two orthrec days togetherjand then let it out 
 and preffe down the skin with your hand,and that haire 
 H 4 will 
 
g8 The genera# care of all Catted. I Book 
 
 will fall away,and white will come in the place: or to 
 fcald the face or skinne with a Tower apple rolled, will 
 bring white hair: But to make a black ftarre,or a red 
 ftarre in a horfes fore-head.I refer it for you to looke 
 and approve of my Mafter-peece, which belongeth one- 
 ly to that for to be exa&iy dii'courlcd. of, chat being 
 onely a generall cure ©1 all Cattle. 
 
 The end of! he Horfe. 
 
 T bcgcncrall C 2 ore and Ordering of the 
 Bull, Cow, Calfe, or Oxe 
 CHAP, x* 
 
 Of the Bullfowfalfi. or Oxe,their fbape, and breed, 
 afe,choice, and prefervation, 
 ^.JMDrasmuch the Male of all Creatures are 
 prindpall in the breed and generation 
 F ^of tilings, and that the fruit which iffuech 
 j^jAtf^from their 5 eede, participate* mo ft with 
 ^_ r outvvar d Ihapes, and inward qualities, 
 
 I think fitteft in this place, where I intend to treat of 
 Horned-cattle andNear, to fpeake firft ofthe choyce 
 o' a fair Bull, being the breeders priacipalleft inftru- 
 r ment of profit. You rtiall underftand then, that of our 
 
 Enofiifh cattle ( for I will not {peak of thofe in Italy, 
 and other forreign countries, as other Authors do, and 
 forget mineowne)thebeftare bredmTorksfhtre, Dar- 
 hz countries fo-fbire Lancashire, Stafford-fbire, Lincoln-fhire Glo- 
 farced, ffer-fhire, and Somerfet-fhire, though they which are 
 bred in Torhe-Jbire, Darby-fare, Unca-ftoire, and 
 Stafford-Jbire, are generally all black of coloured 
 
Book. 
 
 Of the ■SuB i Cov> 3 &e. ' $9 
 
 though they whofe blaeknefle is pu re ft, and their hairs. 
 
 like velvet,are efteemed beflgthey have exceeding large 
 
 horns, and very white, with black tippes; they are of 
 
 {lately fhape,bigge,round and wcl huckled together in 
 
 every member, fliort joynted, and mofc comely to the 
 
 eye, fo that they are elteemed excellent in the market: 
 
 thole in Lmcolnfhire are the tnoft part Pide with more 
 
 white then the other colours, their horn, lirtle and 
 
 crooked, of bodies exceeding tall, long and large,leane 
 
 and thin thighed ftrong hooved,not apt to furbait, and 
 
 are indeed fitteft for labour ana draught. Thofe in So- 
 
 mey-fftfhire^nd G ltcefter- /kVf,are generally of a blood 
 
 red colour,in all dupes like unto thofe in Lincoln-(hire ornot mixing 
 
 and fitted for their ufes.Now to mixe a race of thefe and mixin § of 
 
 and the black ones together is not good,for their fhapes r ces * 
 
 and colours are fo contrary, that their iffue are very 
 
 uncomely: therefore 1 would with all men to make 
 
 their breeds either fimply from one and the fame kind, 
 
 or elte to mixe Tork-fhirewithSufferd-fhire^nthLan- 
 
 cafi>ire 3 or DarSy-fhire with one of the black races,and 
 
 fo like wife Lincolnshire with Smerfet-fhirept Somer- 
 
 Jet-(bire withGlscefterfhire, 
 
 Now for the fhape of your bull; he would be of a r he ftapeof 
 fharp and quick countenance, his horns the larger the the B nil. 
 better,his neck fiediy-his belly long and larg«,his fore- ■» 
 head broad and curled,his eys black and large, his ears 
 rough wichin,and hair like velvetjus muzzei large and 
 broad at the upper lip,but narrow and dual at the ne¬ 
 ther,his noftril crooked within, yec wide and open,his 
 dew-lap extending from his nether lip down to is lore- 
 booches,large,fide, thinne and hairy, his breaft rough 
 and bigge his {houlders large,broad, and deep his ribs 
 broad and wide, his back ftraight and flat, even to the 
 fetting 
 
* ^ ' The getterall ewe of all CttteU. 1 Book. 
 
 feting on of his tay], which would ftand high.his huc¬ 
 kle-bones round and fair appearing, making his but¬ 
 tocks fijare, his thighs round,his legs ftraight & (bore 
 joynted- his knees round and big, his hoovs or claws 
 long and hollow, his tayl long and bu(h-haired,and his 
 Iril U ' cef t&c Py zc ^ r °und,& alfo wel haired.Thefc buls as they are 
 for breedjfo they are excellently good for the draught, 
 onely the naturally draw better fingle,like horfes,then 
 in the yoak,like Oxenrthe reafon as 1 fuppofe being,be- 
 caufe they can hardly be matcht in anequall manner. 
 
 Now for the Co.v, you (hall chufe her of the fame 
 Cow, Country with your Bull, and as near as may be of one 
 r *P*- colour,only her bag or udder would eve r be white,with 
 four teats and no more, her belly would be round and 
 large,her forehead broad and fmooth,and al her other 
 pares fuchas are before (hewed in the male kind, 
 of her n r e, The ufe of the Cow is to fold, either for the Dary, 
 
 or for breed: the red Cow giveth the beft milk, and 
 the black Cow kringeth forth the goodlieft Calf,The 
 yong Cow is the beft for breed,yet the indifferent old 
 are not to 6e refilled. That Cow which giveth milk 
 Iongcft is beft for both purpofes, for (lie which goes 
 long drie loofeth half her profit, and isiefle fit for tee¬ 
 ming: for commonly th< y are fubjed to feed, and that 
 ^ ftraineth the womb or matrix, 
 of Calves Now for calves.-thereare two ways of breeding them 
 
 and their ’ the one to let them run with their Dams all the ycer, 
 Roarifhing, which is beft,& maketh the goodlieft beaft: the other, 
 ro take them from their dams,after their firft fucking 
 and fb bring them upon the finger, with fiotten milk, 
 Gbfcrritieat the cold onely being taken away and no more; for to 
 give a young Calfe hot milk his prefect dcath,or very 
 dangerous If your calf be calved in the five days after 
 
 the 
 
i Book. 
 
 Of theOxt r, Cos> } 
 
 f he change,which is called the Prime ,do not rear it, for 
 mo ft a flu redly it will have the Sturdy, therefore pre- 
 ferve it only for the Butcher^ alfo when you have pre- 
 ferved thole male calves,which lhall be £ais,then geld 
 the reft for Oxen^and the younger they are gelt the-bet- 
 ter:the beft time for rearing of calves is from^/dW- 
 mas till Candlemas. A Calfe would be nourifhed with 
 milk twelve weeks,Only a fortnight before you wean it 
 from milk,let the milk be raixt with water. After your 
 Calf hath drank one moneth, you {hall take the fineft, 
 fweeteft,and fofteft hay you can get, and putting little 
 wifps into Cloven ftickes,place them fo as the Calf may 
 come to them and learn to cat.Hay. After our Ladies 
 day when the weather is faire, you may turn your 
 Calves to giraffe, but by no meanes let it be ranke, but 
 {hort and fwcet, io that they may get it with fome la¬ 
 bour. 
 
 Now of tire Oxe: you (hall undetftand that the lar¬ 
 ger are the beft and moft profitable, both for draught 
 or feeding, for he is the ftrongeft to indure labour, and 8R cr B 
 beft able to contain both flefh and tallow .Now for his 
 lhape it differeth nothing from that of the Bull,only his 
 face would be fmopth,and his belly deeper.That Oxe is 
 fitted for the yoak which is of gentleft nature, and 
 moft familiar with the man.In matching your oxen for 
 the yoak,let them as near as may be, be of one height, ** 
 
 i'pirit,and ftrengfh,for the Sronger will ever wrong die 
 vveaker, and the duller will injure him that is of free 
 fpirit, except the driver be careful to keep the dull Oxe 
 to his labour.Oxen for the yoak would by no means be 
 put beyond their ordinary pace: for violence in travail 
 heat them.heat breeds furfeir, and furfeit thofe difeafes 
 which makesthem Unapt tofeedjOj for any other u-fe of 
 goodneffe. 
 
92 The generaH Cure of all CatteS iBook. 
 
 of his food .'goodneffe. Y our Oxe for the yoak will labour well 
 for u ur w j fa g ar iy ft ravV} or Peafe- ftra w,and for blend fodder 
 
 which is Hay and ft raw mixed together, he will delire 
 no better feeding. 
 
 Oxen to fee Now for your Oxe to feed, hee would as much as 
 for the migiiU^Pjbe ever of lufty and young yeers^r if old yet 
 
 s er> healcHTull & bruifed,which you Ihal know by a good 
 tail,and a good pyzeII,for ii the hair of one or both be 
 loft, then he it a waiter & he wil be long in fcediug.lt 
 you do fee the Oxe doth lick himfelf all over, it is a 
 good figne that he is market-able and will feed, for it 
 fhews foundnefle,& that the beaft taketh a joy in hiai- 
 felfryet vvhilfthedoth fo lick himfelf he feedetbnot,for 
 his own pride hindreth him,arid therefore the husband¬ 
 man wil lay the Oxesown dung upon his hide, which 
 will tr/ake him leave licking Ss fall to his food.Now if 
 you go to chute a fat beaft, you fhall handle his hind-' 
 . inoft rib, and it it be foft and loofe, like down, then it 
 ; fhews the Oxe is outwardly wel fed; fo doth foft huc- 
 
 kle bones,and a'big nach round and knotty.-if his cod be 
 big and ful,it lhewshe is wel tallowed,and fo doth the 
 crop behind the ihoulders: if it be a Cow, then handle 
 herHaveil,andifthatbebig,roufld&'toffj furcly the 
 is well tallowed. Many other obfervations there are, 
 but they be fo well known,and common in every mans 
 ~ vfe,that they need no curious demerit ration. 
 
 Now for the prefervation ofthefc cattell in good 
 cattef'il' and per fe& health. If fhalbemeec that lor the young 
 -keaiib, 1 and luftyand indeed generally for all torts, except 
 Calves, to let them blood twice in the year,namely the 
 Spring and fall, the Moon being in any of the lower 
 fisnes,and alfvto give them to drink of the pickle of 
 O lives mixed with ahead o[garIick bruifed therein & 
 
 for 
 
i Book. . '.Ofiibe. Bullfowf&c. •>... 9 3 
 
 for your daives^’Be only carefall that .they go not too 
 ifoon to graffej and fmall danger is.to be feared. Now 
 notwith handing all a mans carefulneife. Beaft s daily, do 
 get infirmities, and often fallrntbmortall extremities, 
 pefufe therefore thefeChapters ftollowihg 3r and you. 
 fliail-firid cure for efery particular difeafe. - 
 CHAP; 2. 
 
 Of the River inCattell. . 
 
 G Attel are'mbftfiibjeft unto a,Beaver,andit com-, 
 meth eytiler Yromftutfet dftfdod, being raw,, andi 
 mufty,-or frdnff fitixof cold humors ingendred by old 
 keeping:thd fign's are trembling, heavy eyes, a foaming 
 mouth,and milch groaning .- and the cuirc’isqoa jhdll let the 
 hi nr blqtidfihd then giti'i him to drink , 'a- quart of A le t in 
 which tifoyltd tbrfeorfoir'.yti'ots of. Plantain , and tm' 
 fpoonfuls of the be lt London Treakle-, and let bis Hay be 
 f'prinkled with water. 
 
 ■ ;CHAP. J* 
 
 ■ J Q/ any inwardficknefit inCatteh 
 
 F Or any inward fickneffe or drooping in caml, take 
 a quart of ftrong idle ,*nd boyl it with a handfull of 
 Wormwood,and half a handfull of Rewjthcn ft rain it, 
 arid addetO it two fpoonfuls of tile juyee of Garlicke, 
 aridasiKiichof theiUyce OfHouieleeke, and as much 
 London TreaklegssxA give it the Beaft to drink, being no 
 more b*t lukewarm. 
 
 CHAP. 4. 
 
 :• ■ "Of the pifehfes in the bead as the Sturdy fir 
 ; ^ turning-evill. 
 
 ‘jHisdifeafeof the Sturdy isknowce by a continual! 
 
 turning about of the Beaft In one placejand the cure . ,, 
 
 is to caft the Beaft, and having made his feet fa ft to flit t5s atrc? 
 the upper part oi his fore-head crofte-wife, about four 
 ' ’ ' ' " ' ’ inches 
 
The genera.il Cure of all'Cattell . I Book 
 
 inches each way/heh tiirhiagup the sk 5 n and laying the 
 skull bare, ' cut a piece out of the skull two inches 
 ' ftjuafeor more.: then look, and next unto the panicle 
 ofvbebrain, you thalLfce a bladder lye full of,water - 
 aSdbloud, vyhich.you flaali very gently take pur,-and 
 throw away • thfcn annoint the place withwamffrefti 
 Butter, turn down the skin,and wjirh a needle and a lit¬ 
 tle red iilk ft itch it. elofe together 5 then lay on a hot 
 play ftef of Oyl,-Turpentine^ yV axe^' ; i^id a little Rozen 
 melted together ykthhPlax h u rds, anil fa foldijig vva rrn 
 woollen cloaths.aboutthehead,kttheBt aft nie, t ;apd 
 fo remain three or four dayes:ere you drefle it again, 
 and then heahic up like another wound, ; only. oblerve 
 in thiscurejby no,means- youcoueh die-brain, \ for that 
 is mortal!, and then the help.is bota common and moji 
 eafle. - . .' iV ^ 
 
 CHAP. 5. . 
 
 Of D if safes in the eyes of Qattef as_ •the Haw, a ftroak , 
 infiammaiien^iepihg^ or'tbe fime or 
 
 . h ‘wedbe.r ' - 
 
 ■pOr.any generafl fo renefle in the eyes of Cattle,take 
 the ym^ oiEye-krigbt , fnixt with the juyee of 
 Houf e-Ieekfyxand wafa;them:jhere with,- ;and it wil 1 (re-, 
 cover themrbut if a Haw'-breed the re irgthenyoiUh a 11 
 cat it out, which every fimpleSmith can doe. But for 
 a ftroak, inflammation. Pin or Web, which breeds ex¬ 
 cretions upon the eyestake a new laid Egge, and put 
 out half the,white,therl.S'll,it up with Salt, and a little 
 Ginger,and rofte it eXcream hard in h'ote cinders:which 
 done, beat it to powder iheli and all; but before, you 
 rofte it,wrap it in a wet cIoath,and pur of this powder 
 into the Beafts eye^apd it wdlhcalc and cure it. 
 
 CHAP* 
 
iBook. '- ■ Of'ih&Bullfiow^e. 
 
 r - C H AP. <l6s--A 'a. 
 
 Of difeafts in the mouthbnr'ksunder\the,tongtte'Jkine 
 ■ on the tongue jteeth Itoftjin ionguewensmdi mu. 
 
 T tf efe- barbsor paps winch-growl .under rldetongtis 
 of cattel,artdbeing inflamed’db hinder- tfoein from 
 feeding, you that with a keen pair of .{fleets cut away 
 dole by the flefh jaud it they bleed mhdv’a's.rhey will 
 do it they be rank Jyouttfalhtben wach, a redhotlbod- 
 kinfeaf them-and dropkon thdt6prof c tlte-fearedipIa!- 
 ces a drop or two of Rozen-jor^tter tiuxtfitog^her; 
 but if they bleed not, then ohely-rub them witlfSage 
 and fait, and they will heal. Now. forthe/blahi 6n the 
 ■tonge,of fohie called tire tinrblain dt is abllfter which 
 growedi -at nhe ioots- of the rongue,. and copitneth 
 throughheat of the ftomack andrnuch chafing,, and is 
 oft very mortal,for it will rife, fo fuddenly and. fo.big 
 that it.will-flop -he wind.of the Beaft. The cure is, to _ 
 thfuft your hand into theinouth.of tfebeaftj&.draw- * 
 ing out his tongue,with your nail to break the blifter, 
 and then to wafh the fore place with ftrong brine, or 
 Sage,falt,and water,if you find more blifters then one 
 break them all,and wafh them and it.is a prefent. cure. 
 Now for loofe teeth,ypu fhal let the'beaftbloud in bis 
 gums,and under his tail,then wafh his chaps with Page- 
 and woodoine leavs,boild in brine.-laftly if the tongue 
 be venooned, winch you fhall know by the unnaturall 
 fwdling thereof-you (lull take Pfantainyand boiling it 
 with vinegar and fait,wafh rhe tongue tbereiyirb,aod it 
 wili cure it. 
 
 CHAP* 7/ 
 
 Of difeafet in the.neck^as leing gaffed, brui[ecl y fnolne 3 
 out of jbytnjr having the cilojh. 
 
 X F any <?xes neck be galled,: bruifed, or fwoine with 
 
 the 
 
_ The g enerd&Gurt .ofiM Cfttell i ^oofc.: 
 
 r i? e i J , ° 2 'S take ieayes of mm<& 4 rijiolochia 3 znd bea- 
 tibgt^eig iaa Moi*er,iadth talfaw, or ff.efh greale, an- 
 noint thedbre.placetherewith , and it will not oneJy 
 A^birjbacaay -ftrayainiheneckjevehif the bone bS* a 
 iittle difcrdered. r NowrfoT thtClofke or Cloafe which 
 caufctha Bead to pill and lofe the. hair from his neck, 
 and is bredby drawing in vvet and fainy weather: you 
 fliallraketheailies otanoldburnt fhope,and drew it 
 -upphthenecky >aqdtheh rub ic over with Tallow and 
 -•Turpentineafmiogfiber;. 
 
 ■ ';-‘i CHAP. S. . 
 
 Of.the PefilencefiargiS 3 ar Murrain in BeaHs. 
 ’T'.HkPe'ftiknceJorMucrainhamongft Beads is bred 
 A by divers 'occasions; asfrom.rankneffe .of bloud, or 
 feeding,from corruption ox the ayre* interaperatcnefTe 
 of the Aveatherdnundation o£ flouds^or the infedtioii.of 
 other Cattei : much hnight be laid of the violence and 
 . ' mortality thereof-, whichhath utterly unfurftilhed 
 
 Tbe cure, whole Coukriessbubto go tothecure.jw jhuHgnieto 
 
 ail jour cattei^as wel the found at' fickjthif medicinefehtch 
 never failed to preferve. as many as have, taken it .-.take of 
 old urine a quart, and mixed with a handful] of Hens 
 dung diffolved therein,and teat your Bead drink it. 
 
 C H A P; *. .. 
 
 r- Of themifiking 3 ar leaxneJ’eofBeafls. 
 
 I F your Bead fail into any unnatural miflike or iean- 
 aefs,which you flxal know by the difcolouring of his 
 hairryou ihali then caufe him firftto be let &loud,and 
 after take fweet Butter,and beat it into a m©rter,with a 
 little Myvrbe 3 and the {having of ivory 3 and being kept 
 fading,, make him fwallow down tws or three bis 
 thereof :and if it be in the Winter,feed him with fweet 
 Hay; if in the Summchputhimro grade. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
x Book. 
 
 Of the Oxe 3 Cm 3 
 
 97 
 
 CHAP. xo. 
 
 Of tbedif ;af ? in the Guts, as fluxejoftivenefle, 
 cholikeandfuch like. 
 
 I F your Beaft be troubled with any fore lax,or blou-. 
 
 dy flux,you fhall take a handful ol the leeds of mod- 
 r.ofe 3 and being dryed and beatea to.powder,brew it with 
 a quart of ftrong Ale, and give itthe Beaft to drinke. 
 But if he be too dry or coftive in his body, then you 
 fhall take a handful! of Fennegreek , and boyleititia 
 quart of Ale,and give it him to drinkjbut for any chol- 
 hck or belly-ake,or knawing of the guts, boyle in the 
 water which he drinketh good ftore of oyle, and it will 
 helpe him. 
 
 CHAP. ii. 
 
 Of pijfng of 6 loud.- 
 
 ¥F your Beaft piffe bioud, which commeth either of 
 fiover-Iabouring, or of hard and fower feeding, you 
 ihali take Shepheards purfe, and boyl it in a quart of red 
 wine and then ftrainit, and put to it a little Cynamon. 
 and fo give it the Beaft to drink. 
 
 CHAP. 12. 
 
 Of dropping no Brils 3 or any cold in the head. 
 
 I F your Beafts noftrils run continually, which is a 
 J& fignof cold in the head, you fhall take Butter and 
 2«'wjW,and mixing them together,annoint two goofe- 
 feathers therewith, and thruft them up into the noftrils 
 of the B;aft;and ufe thus to do every morning till they 
 leave dropping. ' •. 
 
 CHAP* i 3 . 
 
 Of any f veiling in a Beast whatfoev er, 
 
 I F your Beaft have any outward fwelling,bath it with 
 oyl and vinegar exceeding hound it will affwage it: 
 
 I but 
 
S>8 
 
 Theiure.' 
 
 The genet all Cure of all Cat tell I Book.' 
 
 but If the (welling be inward,then boyl round Ariftolo- 
 cbia in his water. 
 
 ; CHAP. 14 
 
 Of the veorip in the iayl. 
 
 T Here is a worm which will breed in the taile of a 
 beaft,snd doth not onely keepe him from Feeding, 
 but aK© eateth away the hair of the taile, and diffigu- 
 reth the beaft. The cure is, to wafh the tail in ftrong 
 jye made of urine and Afb-wood ajhes 3 and that will kill 
 the worm ancland alfo heal and dry up the fore. 
 
 . . CHAP.15. 
 
 Ofmy cough 3 or fhortnefSe of breath in Cattle . 
 
 I F your beaft be troubled with the cough or (hort- 
 nefle of breath, you (hall give him to drink divers 
 mornings together a fpoonfulf or two of Tarrc diffol- 
 ved in a quart of new milk,and a head of Garlick clean 
 fiidfand bruifed. 
 
 CH AP, 1 6 . 
 
 Of any Impoftumefile^er botch in a Beafi. 
 
 T F you r beaft be troubled with any impoftume, bile, 
 lor botch,you (hall take Lilly roots and boil them in 
 milk till they be foft, fo that you may make themTike 
 pap: then being very hote clap it to. the foar, and then 
 when it comes to be l'oft,open it with a hotiron,and Jet 
 out the fiithjthenheal it up with Tar, Turpentine, and 
 oyl mixt together. 
 
 CHAP. 17. 
 
 Of difeafes in the finem^s Tt>eaknejsejliffnefe 3 
 or foreneJSe. 
 
 I F you find by the unmmble going of your beaft,that 
 his finew s are weak, (hrunk or tender: Tak e M a l- 
 fows and Chickmed 3 and boylc them in the dregs of Ah 
 or in vinegar ,and being very hot,iay it to the offended 
 member, 
 
99 
 
 l Book. QftheOxe, Cs»>, @e. 
 
 member,and it will comfort the finewes. 
 
 CHAP. 18. 
 
 Of the geatra.il fed, particular fcab } itch , or feurfe in 
 Cattle. 
 
 I F your Beaft be troubled with fome few {cabs here 
 and there on his body, you (ball onely rub them 
 off, and annoynt the place with black Sope and Tar, 
 mat together, and it will heal them. But if the fcab 
 be univerfall over the body, and the fcabs mixt with a 
 dry feurf, then you (ball firft let the beaft blood,after 
 rub off the fcabs and feurf til the skin bleed,then waib 
 it with old urine and greene Copporas together; and 
 after the'bathing is dry., annoynt thee body with Bores- 
 greafe,and Brimftone mingled together. 
 
 CHAP. ip. 
 
 Of the hidebound or dry skin in Cattle. 
 
 *THis grief commeth of over-much labour and ev ill 
 keeping, and above all other beafts your Lincoln- 
 jhire Oxen are fubjeft unto it,the fignes are a difcolou- 
 red and hard skin, with much leannefle: the cure is, to The cure? 
 let him blood,and to give him to drink a quart of good 1 
 
 ftrong Ale brewed with Myrre } and the powder of bay 
 berries , or for wans of berries the Bay-tree leaves, and 
 then keepe him warme and feede him with Hay that is 
 a little Mow-bumt, and onely Iooketh red, but is not 
 dufty or mouldy, for that will get him an appetite to 
 drink,and drinking will loofen hisskinne. 
 
 CHAP, 20. 
 
 Of the difeafes in the lungs , efpecially the lung' 
 grovne. 
 
 HpBe Lungs of a beaft are much fubjeft to fickndTe, 
 
 * as may appear by much panting, and fhortnefle of 
 breath, the fignes being a continual! coughing,but that 
 I: which 
 
100 The general! Cure of all CatteS 1 Book; 
 
 which is before prefcribed for che Cough,will cure alt 
 thefe, only for a Be .’ft which is Lung-grown, or hath 
 his lungs grown to his fide, which commeth through 
 feme extream drought taken in the Summer fea(on,and 
 is known by the cough, hoarfe, or hollow coughing 5 
 you fhall take a pint of Tanners oze } and mixe it with a 
 pint of new milte, and one ounce of brown Sugar- 
 candy^nd give it the Beaft to drink, this hath bin found 
 a prcfent cure: or to giue him a ball as big as a mans 
 fift of Tar and Butter mixt together, is a very certaine 
 cure. 
 
 CHAP. ar. 
 
 O' biting with a mad Dogyrr any other venemom 
 Beast. 
 
 T F your Beaft be bitten with a mad Dog,or any other 
 venemous Beaft,you fhall take Plantain , and beat it 
 in a morter with Bdearmoniakefaguis^Dracenii faulty 
 meale and the whites of Egs,and playfter wife lay ft to 
 the fore, renewing it once infourteen hours. 
 
 Of the falling down of the pailate of a Beasts 
 
 T Abour and drought will make the pailate of a 
 L Beads mouth to fall down,which you fhall know 
 
 by a certain hollow changing in his mouth, whenhec 
 
 would eate, alfo fay his fighing, and a defire to eate but 
 Theirs. cannot> T j, e ordinary cure is,you fhall cafl the Beaft, 
 and with your hand thruft it up, then let him bloud in 
 the pallate,and annoint it with honey and fait: and then 
 put him to grade,for he may cat no dry meat. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
„i Book. 
 
 Q/ theOxegoa^fe. ;y 
 
 . £HAP. XXIII.- 
 
 f Of any grief t or pain in the hoof o f a heap,and of ■ 
 
 the Pottle . . y 
 
 T Ake Mugwort , and beat it inaMort^r ,\vith bird 
 tallow, & apply it to the hoof of the Bea d, 'and it 
 wil take away any grief whatfoever.But if he be trou¬ 
 bled with-that dileafc 3 w cK is called the Foul, 2 nd com- 
 meth moft commonly by treading in mans ordure^o^ 
 bicedecha foreneffe and fwelling between the cleyes, 
 you dial for the cure caft,the beaft^Se with aHayfropc iheCur®.' 
 rub him fohard between the fame,that you make him 
 bleed 3 then anoint the place with Tarre,Turpentine, and 
 Kitching-fee, mixt together,, and keep him out of the 
 dirt.aodhc willfoon bowhole.- , 
 
 CHAP. XXIV. 
 
 Of bruipngs in general,on what part of the lady- 
 . foever they he. - - ' : - 
 
 T Akc Brook/imet he leffe ? and fry it with tallowfmd 
 fo hot lay it to the bruife 3 and it will either expeh 
 it 3 or elfe ripenir 3 break it 3 & heal it 3 as hath been often 
 approved. b 
 
 ■ / ;CHAP. XXV. . , ; 
 
 1 Offw allowing down hens danger arty poyfonews things 
 
 I F your Bead have fwallowed downe Hens-dung,.. 
 
 Horfe-leeches 3 ,or any other poyfonous thing, you - 
 dial take a pint of lfrong vinegar^ half fo much oyl 3 
 of fweetButter 3 Sc ; two fpoonfuls o fboritkn T treacle,^c 
 mixing them together on the fire 3 . give it the Beaft 
 warm to drink 3 and it will cure him. 
 
 • . C I-J.AP. X-Xyi; , ,. 
 
 Of filing pice or fickes, . 
 
 "D Eafts that are bred in Woods under dropping of 
 ■L^creeSjOr in barren 6c unwholfome places are much 
 I 3 fub : 
 
102 Ti he getterallCure .of all CattelL kBookJ 
 
 fubjed to Lice,Tidkes,and -other Vermine. The Cure j 
 whereof is to ann'oint their body with dredh Greafe. 
 "" * Pepper 3 Sta.vefaker^and Qtiicdilver,beaten together uni 
 
 till the Quic^fiiver be {lain. • ;■ 
 
 - c H A p. xxxnr .: ^ ; ; 
 
 Of the Denlolnpr generall Gargzif, 
 
 H Owfoever fome ofour Engliftt Writers arc o- 
 pinioned 3 this Benkoln or.general Gargil is a poy- 
 fonous and violent dwelling, - begining at -the ncathcr 
 ■ - part of the Dewlap;arid-ifk beuot prevented,the dwel¬ 
 
 ling wil afcend upward to the throat of the Bead, and 
 then it is incurable : therefore for the predervationof 
 your beaft as foone as you fee.the dwelling appear, 
 call the beaft and. flit the fwel'd place of the Den lap at 
 leaft foure inches in lengths then takea handful or two 
 of Speare-grafiepx Knot-graft e 3 and thrufttng it into the 
 woundjftitchitupclofe, then /anrioint. ipwirh Butter^ 
 and fait, and do let it rot and wear away of-it delf,ifyou 
 perceive that his body be iweld,which is afign that the 
 poifon is didpeis’d inwardly, then itfhallbe good to 
 give him a quart of .Ale_ 3 and Ren boild together, aad 
 fo'to chaffe him up and down wel s both before and 
 after; ' ' ' 
 
 CHAP. XXVIII. 
 
 Of ihelejseof the Citd. 
 
 A Beaft' wil many times through ; ca:relefiicfle in 
 chawing, lode his Cud, and then mburn & leave 
 the <urc. to eatrTheeertain cure whereof is to take a little dowr 
 
 Leaven and Salt, and beating it inaMortarwithmans 
 Yrine and Lome, make apretty-big ball, and force him 
 to dwallow it down and it will recoytr his C ud. . 
 
 : ; CHAP, 
 
f i Book. 
 
 Of the OxejCove, <£fc. 
 
 103 
 
 CHAP. XXIX. 
 
 Of killing of ill forts of wormes either in the 
 Oxe, Cow, or Calfe. 
 
 T i Jetc i« nothing hileth Wormes in the bodied of 
 v jctcll fooner than Sazeu chop’d final, and beaten 
 with fwce-t Butter, and ib given in round bah, to the 
 bea!l,noi any thingmaketh them void them fo loon as 
 f\vattf’i/< t 3 and a little black Sope mixt together,& gn< n 
 the PeaII to drink. 
 
 CHAP. XXX. 
 
 Of the zomtting of Hood. 
 
 T lli s difeafe commeth through rankennefle o( blood 
 slot in fruitlul paftures after hard-keeping, info- 
 mu. h that you fhall fee the blood flow from thru 
 mouthes. Thecurc is, firft to Jctthcbcaftbloud, and the Cute. 
 then 'live to dnnkBoleamoniake and Aie mixt together. 
 
 CHAP. XXXI. 
 
 Of the Gcut in Cat tell. 
 
 I I’ your bead be troubled with the Gout,which you 
 fhall know by the fudden Averting of his joynts, and 
 falling again, you fhall take Galingsll, and boil it m the 
 dregs of Ale and fweet Butterjmd pultis wile lay it to 
 die offended member. 
 
 chap, xxjtiv 
 
 Of milling of a Bea si. 
 
 M ilting is when a heart will oft fall,and oft rife, as 
 he is at his labour,and cannot indure to ftand any 
 while together: it proceeds from feme rtroke or bruife 
 either by cudgell or other blunt weapon: And the cure 
 is,not to raife him fuddenly,but to gi\ehmi./bV,&: fomt 
 ftone Pitch mixt very well together to drink. 
 
 I 4 CHAP. 
 
The generdl CurcefaUCattell. 1 Book. 
 
 CHAP. XXXIII. 
 
 .Of f revoking' n Rea ft to pifle. 
 
 I T your Beaft cannot piffe^ftcepSwAkg^or thc'roots 
 of Eaddifb in a quart of Jle 3 and give it him to drink, 
 and itprefcntly helpeth. 
 
 CHAP* XXXIV. 
 
 Of the over-flowing of the gall in Reaps . 
 
 'J’He over-flowing of me Gall jis ever knowne by the 
 ycllqwnefle of the skin, and the eyes of the Beaft: 
 And the cure is,tc give him a quart of Milk, Saffron, 
 and Turmrick mix’d together, to drinke after he hath 
 been let bloud,and lo do three mornings together. 
 CHAP. XXXV. 
 
 Of a Beaft that is gearedjitber with a ftake 3 or 
 the hern of another Beaft.. 
 
 XAke Turpentine and Oj?/e,and heat them on the coaIs 5 
 and then taint die wound therewith,and it will heale 
 it. 
 
 CHAP. XXXVI. 
 
 Of a Cow that is whethered. 
 
 "jHis difeafeis, when a Cow after her calving cannot 
 caft her cleaning, and therefore to compell her to 
 jeaft it,you (hall take the juyec of Bettony, Mugworc, 
 & Mallowes,of each three ipoohfulsjand mixe it with 
 a quart of AlegnA give it_ the Beaft to drink : and alfo> 
 give her to eat fcorched Barley,and it. will force her to 
 avoid herburthen fuddenly. ' 
 
 ' ' . CH AP. XXXVII. 
 
 T Of dfawing out thorns or ftuhs. " !WB 
 
 *V*Ake blackShails and black Soap,and beat them to 
 falve,arid apply themto flic fore,ond it wil draw 
 *he gnefe;tg be appararit, . 
 
i Book. Of the Oxefiow^c. ______ 
 
 CHAP. XXXVIII. : ~~" 
 
 Ofynygirig of Catteh 
 
 T Here is nothing doth purge a Bead To naturally, 'as 
 the green weedy grafs which growcth in Orchards 
 under trees,-,nor any medicine doth purge them better 
 thm tar gutter 3 zndfugarcandj 3 mixt together,and given 
 in bals as big as an Hens-egge. 
 
 CHAP. XXXIX. 
 
 Of being fbrew~run 3 or fhrew-bitten. 
 
 A Shrew Moufe, which is a Moufe with fliort une- 
 *£"1 ven legs,& along head like a Swines,is venemous 
 and if it bite a Beaft, the Sore will fwell and rankle, 
 and put the Beaft in danger $ but if it only run over a 
 jBeaft,it feebleth his hinder parts, & maketlvhim unable 
 to go:the cure then for being fhrew-bitteiys tire fame 
 which is formerly fhewed for the bitidg of other ve¬ 
 nemous Beaftsrbut if he be fhrew~run,you (hall onely 
 ■draw him under, or beat him with a bramble, which, 
 groweth at both ends in the Furrows of Corn lands. 
 
 CHAP. XL. 
 
 Offaintnejfe in labour. 
 
 I F your Beaft in his labour , and heat of the day, 
 chance to faint,you fhal ioofe him,and drive him to 
 th e running ftreatn to drink,and then give him two or 
 three Orpines full of parch’d Barley to eat, and he will 
 labour f refh again. 
 
 CHAP. XLI. 
 
 Of breeding Milk in a Cow. 
 
 I F your Cow after her calving cannot let downe her 
 Milke, you fhall give her a quart of ftrong PolTet- 
 Ale,tni\d with dnm-f d^and Qaliander-feeds^ beaten 
 
*<>£_ The generall Cure of allCattel. ? Boob, 
 
 to powder, to drinke' every morning,, and it will not 
 only make ter milke fprine, but alio encreafe it won* 
 derfblly. ' 
 
 CHAP. XLII. 
 
 Of bones-out of joynt 3 cr bones broken.. 
 
 T F any Beaft have a bone broken,or mifplaccd,after 
 you have fee it right,andin his true place, you thair 
 wrap a plafter about it,made of Burgundy-pitch f allow, 
 and Linfeed-oyle 3 and thenfplent it,and let it remain un¬ 
 bound z 5 .dayes andit will doe it much good, 
 CHAP..XLIIH 
 
 O ' the rot in Beajis. 
 
 T F your Beaft be fubjeft to rotrennefle,- which you 
 may know by his lefinndTe, tmllikc, and continual' 
 fcowring 6ehind: you lhal take Bay-Units, beaten to 
 jowder,Myrrhe,Ivy-leaves,Eidtr-leaves, and. Feather- 
 few^ good-lump of dry clay,and Bay-fair,'mixe thefe 
 together in ftrongUrine,andbeing warm,givethe Beaft 
 haif a pinr thereof ro drinkr, and xt will knit and pre¬ 
 fer ve them. 
 
 CH'A'P; XLIV-. - 
 Of the Fantas . , . v ., 
 
 T He Pantas is a very faint Difeafe, 'and maketha 
 Beaft to fweat,fliake,and pant much.The Curt is 
 , togxve him in Ale &.Vrine,mixt together^ little loot 
 
 an d a little earning to drink,two o r three mornings be¬ 
 fore you labour him. 
 
 CHAP. XLV* 
 
 Of ali manner of Koundsin Beafii. 
 
 T O cure any wounds in Beafts given by edg-tooftj 
 orotherwife,where the skin is broke, takeHogs- 
 greafe,Tar,Turpentine,and Waxe,of each a like quan¬ 
 tity 
 
I Booke. Of the Oxe 3 Cowjffc. 
 
 rity,and a quarter fo much Verdigreafe,and melt them 
 all together into one halve, and apply it to the wound 
 by fpreading it upon a e loath, and it will heal it with¬ 
 out any rank,or dead fteiTi. 
 
 The end of the Sulif)xefmv 3 andCdffSfc. 
 
 OF SHEEPE. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Of Sheep in generalljheir ufe 3 choyce } jbdpc 3 
 .and prefervation. 
 
 O enter into any longer difeour/e oi 
 praife or profit of fheepe, or to ... 
 ihew my reading by relation of 
 , the iheep ofother countrieswere 
 frivolous, becaufe I am to write 
 much in a very little Paper,and I 
 fpcak only to my Country-men 
 the English, who deli re to learne 
 & know their own profit. Know then,that whofoevc-r 
 will frock him felt with good fheep,muft look into the' 
 nature ofthe foyl in which he liveth: For fheepe ac¬ 
 cording to the Earth and Aire in which they live, 
 doe alter their nature and properties : the Barren 
 Sheepe becomiaing. good, in good foyles, and the 
 good, fheepe barren m evill foyles. II then you dc 3 
 fire to have fheepe of a curious fine flaple of Wool, 
 from whence you may draw a thred as tine as filk,- you 
 
io-8 The geserall Cures ofall Cattell. IBookc 0 
 
 fhal fee fuch in Herefordjhm f,about Lerxpfter fide;, & 
 other fpecial parts of that Countrcy; in that part of 
 mrfer-jhirej oyning upon Sbrop-f}jire i and many fuch 
 like places:yet thefe tlieep are very little of bone,black 
 faced,and bear a very little burthen. The fheepe upon 
 Cotfal hils, are of better bone, iliape and burthen, but 
 their ftaple is courfer and deeper. The fheepe in that 
 part of rrorHerjbirep/vhich joyneth on Warwidjhrre. 
 & many parts of FVarwicl^fhire^W LiecefierfyirefBuc- 
 kjngbsmlbire^c part ofNortbamptonfyire-, & that part 
 of JVcUti/ohawjbue fvhich is exempt from the Forieft 
 of Sherwood, \ beareth a large boned tlieep, of the beft 
 lhape,anddeepeft ftaple - y chiefly, if they be Pa flu re- • 
 fheep; yet is- their Wool courfer then that of Cotfah 
 Lincola.-)bire cfpccially hi the faltMartlies have the 
 largeft fheep,but not the beft Wool,, for their legges 
 ancTbellies are long & naked,, & teeir ftaple is courfer 
 then any other: Tiie fheep in Torkjbrre y and fo North- 
 warfare of reafonable big bone,but of a ftaple rough 
 and hairy, and the Welch'fheepe are of all the worft,, 
 for they are both little,& of worfc ftaple^and indeed,. 
 are pratfed only in. the difti, ; for they are the fweeteft 
 Mutton.. 
 
 ©f the choice If now, knowing the natures and properties of tbs 
 of &eep. fheep of every Country ,you goe about to ftocke your, 
 
 " ground, be fure to bring your fheepe from aworfer 
 loyle to a better,and not from a better to a worfe.The 
 •f the Leare. £ carjW hich i s the Earth on which a fheepe lyetb, 'and 
 giveth him his colour,is much to be refpc<fted.\the red 
 Leare is held the beft, theyuski(h,inclining to a little 
 rednefle, is tolerabie,. but the white, or dirty Leare 
 ftark naught. In the choice therefore of your fheepe, 
 ehufe the biggeft boned,with the beft wool; the ftaple, 
 
l'Bo©k„ Of Sheep*. , lay 
 
 being foft,greafie,well curled, & clofe together,fo that 
 a man (hall have much adoe to part it with his fingers. 
 
 Thefe fheep befides the bearing of the beft burthen,are 
 alwayes the beft Butchers ware,and go fooncft away in 
 the Market, Thereforc 3 in the choice of fhcepe for your 
 breed,have a prineipall refpedt to your Rams 3 for they 
 ever mar re or make a flocke : let them then as neer as Jbc 
 you can 3 have thefe properties or fhapes.Firft,largc of a sheep', ' 
 body in every generalhpart 3 with a long body, and a 
 large belly, his fore-head would be.broad, round, and 
 well riling,a cheerful large eye,ftraight fhort noftrils, 
 and a very lmall muzeljby no means any horns,for the 
 dodder fheep is the beft breeder,and his iftue never dan- 
 gereth the Dam in yeaning,as the horned fheep do: be¬ 
 fides, thofe fheepe which have no homes, are of fuch 
 ftrength of head, that they have oft beene feene to kill 
 thofe fheep which have the I a rye ft horns and beft wrin- 
 kled:a fheep would have a largo upright neck, fome- 
 whac bending like the necke of a horfe, a X-ery broad 
 back, round buttocks, a thicke caile,and fihort joynted 
 legs,fmall,clean and nimble, his wooll would be thick, 
 and deep,coveringhis belly all over;alfo his face,and e- 
 ven to his noftrils, and fo downwards to his very knees 
 and hinder houghs* And thus according to the fir ape, 
 properties and foyle, from whence you chufe your 
 Rams chufe the reft of your Flock alfo. 
 
 The beft time for your Ewes to bring forth their w' en Ewes 
 yong ones,is,if they be Pafture-fheep,. about the latter ^ ou ' d briB 6 
 end of April, and fo untill the beginning.ofbut if forrh ' 
 they be Field-fheep, then from the beginning of I mu. 
 ary till the end o£March t tha.t their lambs may be ftrong 
 and able before May day to follow their dams over the 
 tough Fallow lands s and Water furrowes, which weak 
 Lambes 
 
gexeraU car e of all C&ttell. I Book. 
 
 Lambs are not able to doc ; aud although to yean thus 
 early in the winter, when there is nograffe fpringing, 
 and the fharpnefs of the weather alto be dangerou^yet 
 the hu bandman muft provide theltcr and fweet fodder 
 and the Shepheard with great vigilance be ftirr ing at al 
 hours to prevent evils, for the reafons before ihevvcd, 
 and though the Ewe at the firftbe fcant ofMiik,ytt as 
 the warme weather increafeth,and the grafs beginneth 
 to Spring 3 fo will her milk fpring alfo. 
 sf Now for your Lambs:about Michaelmas you fhall 
 ** feperate the male from the female; and having chofen 
 
 out the worthieft, which you mean to keep for Rams 
 put them afide, and then gueld the reft, which every 
 orderly Shepheard can do fufficiently, for there is no 
 danger in gueiding young lambs.The firft year a male 
 Lamb is called a weather-Hog,and a female Lamb an 
 Ewe Hog:the fccond year the male is a weather, and 
 the female aTheaf,& then fhe may be put to the ram 
 but if you let her go over that year alfo, then fhee is a 
 double Theafe, and will both her felf be the goodlier 
 Sheep,Sc alfo bring forth the goodlier lamb; whence 
 it comes, that the beft Sheep-mafters, make more 
 account of the double Theafe then of any other bree¬ 
 der. 
 
 Needfulob- Y ou fhallebferve never to fheare your Latnbes till 
 feryatiam. they be full Hogs:you fhall ever wafh three dayes be¬ 
 fore you (hear :the beft time of {hearing is from j une t© 
 Aagufi^vres are ever good breeders from three years 
 old till their months break. If you would have your 
 Ewes bring forth male Lambes, note when the North- 
 wind blowetb,& driving your flock againft the wind: 
 let yohr Ramaaes ride as they go, and this will make 
 the Ews to conceive Male Lambs: to likewife, if you 
 would 
 
I Book. Of Sheepe. li 
 
 would have female Lambs, put your Rammes to the 
 Ewes when the wind bloweth out of the South. 
 
 Now for the general prefervation of fheep,feed them 
 as much as you can upon high grounds, which are dry 
 and f ruitful,the grafs fweet,yet fo fhort that it mu ft be 
 got with muchlabounbuc if you muft force perforce 
 feed upon low and moift grounds,which are infectious, 
 you (hall not bring your fheep from the fold ( for I 
 now fpeak to the honeft Englifh husbandman ) untill 
 the Sun berifen, and that the beams beginne to draw 
 the dew from the earth, then having let them forth, 
 drive them fo their place of feed,& there, with your 
 dog,chafe them up and down til they be weary & then 
 let them cither feed or take their reft,mhich they pleafe, 
 this chafing firft,beateth away mill dews,and all other 
 dews from the earth,as alio thofe webs, kels, & flakes 
 which lying on the carth,& a fheep licking them up,do 
 breed rottennefle: alfo this chafing ftirreth up that na- 
 turall heat in a fheep, which drinketh up, and wafteth 
 the abundance of moifture, which elfe would turn to 
 rottennefle. Befides a fheep, being thus chafed and 
 wearied.will fall to his food more deliberately,& not 
 with fuch greedinefleas otherwife he would, and alfo 
 make choice of that meat which is beft for his health.. 
 
 .If a Shepheard once in a mpneth, or alwayes when he 
 hath occafion to handle his Sheep, rub their mouthes 
 with Bay f»lt 3 it is an excellent prefervatien again ft all 
 manner of ficknefle,and very comfortable for a fheep 
 alfo,for a fheep wil very wel live, and abate of his flefti 
 by rubbing his mouth once a day with Bay fait only. 
 
 Now,for bs much as noewithftanding thefe principles 
 a fheep falleth into many infirmities,hereafteefoIlow- 
 cth-the feverall cures ol all manner of difeafcs. 
 
 Chap,. 
 
The getseraU ca* e of all Cattell. I Book „ 
 
 CHAP.:. 
 
 The pgnes t ok new aj ound fheep 7 and an unfound 
 (beepe. 
 
 I ' F a fheep be found and perfit,his eye will be bright 
 and cheerful^the white pure without fpot„and the 
 firings red } his gums alfo will bered,his teeth white and 
 even,his skin on his brisket will be red,and fo will each 
 fide betwixt his body and his fhoulder where VV'ooll 
 grows not,his skin in generall will be loofe,his Wool 
 faft,his breath long,and his feet not hot;but if he be un- 
 fbundjthen thefe figns will have contrary faces,his eyes 
 will be heavy, pale and fpotted, his breaftand gums 
 white : his teeth yellow and foul, his Wooll when it is 
 pulled wiileafily part from his body; and when hee is 
 dead open him and you fhall find his belly full of wa¬ 
 ter,his fat yellow, his Liver putrified, and his flefh 
 mo v ft and watrifh. 
 
 CHAP. 3 * 
 
 Of fckneJSe in general!the Feaver among & fheep, 
 
 r lHange-ofpafture is a great cure for fick fhcepe, 
 _vyet it you find any mote particularly troubled the 
 the* j eft : take Putiol rojull „ and damping it, mixe the 
 juyce with water and vinegar the quantity ofhaltea 
 pint,and give it the fheep with a horn luke warm; and 
 by no means let the fheep be much chaf’t: alfo in thefe 
 fidmeffes the fhepheard muft have a great care to note 
 from whence the difeafe groweth, if it proceed from 
 cold, then to drive his fheep to (belter, if from heat, 
 then to feed them in fhady and coole places. 
 
 CHAP. 4. - 
 
 Of the general! fcab,or Itch in fheep.’. 
 
 T His generall Scab or Itch in fheep is of all difeafes 
 che moft common among them, proceeding from 
 rayny 
 
i Book. 
 
 Of Sheep. 
 
 rainy and wet weather, which falling upon their skins, 
 if they happen to be chaft or heated after, they prelent - 
 ly break forth into the fcabs, which you (hall know by 
 a white' filthy fcurf flicking upon their skins: and the 
 moft ufual medicine for the fame,which all fhepheards 
 ufe, is to annoint the place with tarre and greafe, mht 
 together, but if upon the fir ft appearance of the Itch 
 you fteep Pulicl-royal in water,aadwafh the skin there¬ 
 with,it will preferve them from running into the fcab. 
 
 CHAP. 5 . 
 
 Of killing Maggots in (heepe. 
 
 I F a iheep be troubled with Maggots, you (hall take 
 Goofe g reafe 3 tar,and Brimpone ) and mix them together 
 on the fire,and then annoiut the place therewith, and it 
 will kill the Maggots. • 
 
 CHAP. 6. 
 
 0 / the Red-water. 
 
 T He red water is a poyfonous difeafe in fheep,of- 
 fending the heart, and is indeed as.the peftilence 
 amongft other cattle: therefore when you find a- 
 ny of your iheep infe&ed therewith,you fhall firft let 
 him bloud in the foot between the ciaws,and alfo under 
 the tayl,and then lay to the fore places Re» or Worm ~ 
 unbeaten with bay Salt,and it helpeth. 
 
 CHAP. 7. 
 
 Of Lu»g-fick } or any cough or cold. 
 
 I F your (heep be troubled with any fickneffe in his 
 Lungs,which you fhaliknow by his coughing and 
 ihortnefie of breath, you fhall take Tufilago-fn Colts¬ 
 foot and Lungwort , and ftamping them,lira in the juyce 
 into a little honey &mterjiud give it the iheep to drink. 
 
 K CHAP. 
 
1 r 4 
 
 The general! Cure of allCattell iBook. 
 
 CHAP. 8. 
 
 Of the worm in the Claw of the fJjeep, or any 
 r '> other part. 
 
 T His Worm breedech commonly before, between 
 the claws of the foot:but wherelcever it breedeth, 
 it is known by the head, whichis like a tuft of hair,and 
 will flick forth in a bunch. The cure is,to flit the foot 
 and draw out?the. worm without breaking it: and then 
 annoint the place with Tarre and tallow mixt to gether 
 iortarre Amply of it felf will draw too much. 
 CHAP. 9 . 
 
 Of the wildfire in Sheepe . 
 
 T His difeafe which is called the wild-fi re, is a very 
 fectious flcknes,and will-indanger the whole flock; 
 but howfoet er,incurable it his held,yet it is certain that 
 if you take Chervile^ and ftamping it with old make 
 
 a falvc thereof, and annoint the fore therewith, it will 
 kill the fire and fet the fhcc-p fafe: and though fome 
 for this difeafe,bury the firft infected fhcep alive,with 
 hishceles upward,before rhe [beep-coat door,- yet this 
 medicine hath, bin ever found more effect uall. 
 CHAP. io. 
 
 Of the difeafes.of the Gallos Ckelerflau ndife, 
 and fuch like. 
 
 y Hefe difeafes are known by rhe. yellownefle of the 
 fheeps skin.-and the cure is,to take Plaintain and let- 
 tice, and ftamping them together mixt heir juyee with 
 Vinegar and sive half a pint to a fheepto drink. 
 
 ~ CHAP ii. 
 
 Of the tough fleam er flopping in Sheene. " 
 
 I F your fheepbe -ftopt in the head,breaft or wefland, 
 either with tough fleam or other cold humors,which 
 you ihal know by the running of the noftrijs,tLen take 
 
 the 
 
I Book; 
 
 Of Sheeps. 
 
 the powder of Puliol-royaUyni making it with clarified 
 hony,diffolve it in warme water the quantity of half a 
 pine,and give it the fhCCp to drink,and it will loolen tne 
 fleame, 
 
 CHAP.la. 
 
 Of broken bones in fheep,or bones out of joynt. ■ 
 
 f F your fheep chance to break a leg, or have any or 
 ther bone mifplaced, you fhall after you have let it 
 ftraight and right again: fir ft bathe it with oyle and 
 wine, and thmdipping a cloath in molten Patchgreafe, 
 rouie it about, and Iplint it as oecalion fhali ferve,and 
 fo let it r emain nine daycs,and drefte it again, and at the 
 end of the next nine dayes,the fheep will be able to goe. 
 
 I 
 
 CHAP. 13. 
 
 Of any fickne/Se in Latnbes. 
 
 F your Lamb be lick, you fhalgiveit Mares milk , 
 or Goats milk?, or the owne Dams milke mixt with 
 water to drink,and keep it very warm. 
 
 CHAP. 14. 
 
 Of the Hurdy,tuming-e r vil.or More-found. 
 nHHcfe difeafes proceed from rankneife ofBloud 
 A winch offendeth the Brain,and other inward part?. 
 
 The, cure then is to let the fheep bloud in the eye veins. The cure: 
 temple veins,and through the noftnls, then to rub the 
 places with young Nettles bruifed. 
 
 CHAP. 15. 
 
 I Of Difeafes in the eyes,as the Uaw,dimnefse,or any 
 forenefje. 
 
 I F you r fheep have any imperfection in his eyes,you 
 fhall drop the juyee of Selandine intothem,and it is 
 a prefent help. 
 
 K 2 Chap. 
 
The generall cure of ad Catted. 
 
 iBook, 
 
 
 ftecuie. 
 
 The eure. 
 
 CHAP. 16. 
 
 Of water in a ft cepes belly. 
 
 I F a flieep have water in his belly betweene the out¬ 
 ward flefh and the rim,then you may fafely adven¬ 
 ture to let it forth by making a little hole through 
 the fle(h,and putting in a quill,but if it be betweene the 
 rim and the bag,then it is incurable; for you may by no 
 means cut the rim afunderwhen the water is fet forth, 
 you lhall ftitch up the hole, andannointit with Tarre 
 and Butter mixt together.This water it it remain in the 
 body will rot the fheep. 
 
 CHAP. 17. 
 
 Of the tagdor belt fheep. 
 
 A Sheep is faid to be tagd or belt, when by a conti¬ 
 nual fquirt running out of his ordure,he berayeth i 
 his tayl in tuch wife, that through the heat of the dung I 
 _it fcaldeth and breedeth the fcab therein. The cure is, 
 with a pair of fheeres to cut away the tags, and to lay 
 the fore bare and raw, and then to throw earth drye'd 
 upon it, and after that tarre and Goofe-greafe mixt toge¬ 
 ther. 
 
 CHAP. 18. 
 
 Of the poxe in jheep . 
 
 T He poxe in fheep,and fmall red pimples like pur¬ 
 ples riling on the skin,and.they are mfe&ious.The 
 cure is,to take Rofemary, and boyl the leaves in vinegar, 
 and bathe the fores therewith, and it will healc them: 
 change of pafture is good for this difeafc,and you fhal 
 alfo feparate the fiek from the found. 
 
 CHAP. i 9 . 
 
 Of the mad-evil or cramp. • 
 pHis difeafe is weaknefsrir.ftraitning of the finewes, 
 got by colds and furfetsrit is very mortall,and will 
 run 
 
Of Sheep t 
 
 117 
 
 run though a whole flock.The Cure is, to take Cink- - 
 foil or five-leaved graffe,and boyl it in W me, and give 
 the fhcep a pint thereof to drink, and keep him. warm 
 and chafe his kgs with oyl and vinegar. 
 
 CHAP. 20. 
 
 Of making an Ewe to love her own Lamb 3 
 or any other Ews Lamb. 
 
 1F an Ewe grow unnatural,and wilnot take her lamb 
 i after fhe hath yeaned it,you fhall take a little of the 
 clean of the Ewe, which is the bed in which the Lamb 
 lay,and force the Ewe to cat it,or at lea ft chew it in her 
 mouth,and fhe will fall to love it naturally; but if an 
 Ewe have caft her lamb, and you would have her take 
 to another Ews Lamb,you fhall takethe Lamb which 
 ' is dead,and with it rub and daub the live lamb all over 
 and fo put it to the Ewe,and fhe will take as natural to 
 it,as if it were her own. 
 
 CHAP. 21. 
 
 Of licking up poyfon. 
 
 I F a Sheep, chance to lick up any poifon, you (hall 
 perceive it by a fuddaine fwelling and reeling of the 
 fheep. And the cure is, as foon as you fee it flagger, The eure < 
 to open the mouth,and you fhal find one or more b!i- 
 fters upon the tongue Roots, you fhall prefently break 
 them with your fingers, and rub them with Earth or 
 Sage,andthen pifle into the Sheepss mouth,and it will 
 do well. 
 
 CHAP. 22. 
 
 Of Lambs yeanedfick, 
 
 i F a Lamb be yeaned ficke and weak, the Shepheard 
 fhall fold it up in his cloak, blow into the mouth of 
 it,and then drawing the Dams dugs fquirt milk into the 
 mouth of it. 
 
 Kq CHAP. 
 
The generaB cure ef aB Catted. I Book, 
 
 CHAP. 2-3 . 
 
 Of miking in Ewe to he eafily delivered. 
 
 I F an Ewe can hardly bring forth or yean her Lamb, 
 you fhall take Balfamint ,or Horf'e-mint , and put ei¬ 
 ther the juyce or powder of it into a little firong 
 Ale,and give ir the Ewe to drink,and {he will yean pre- 
 fencly. 
 
 CHAP. 24. 
 
 I F a {beeps teeth be loofcjct him blond in bis gums, 
 and under his tayl,and then rub his teeth with earth. 
 Salt and Sage. 
 
 CHAP. 25. 
 
 Of increasing milke in Eves. 
 
 N Othing increafcth milk inEws more then change 
 of pafture and feeding, driving them one while 
 unto the Hite, another while to the V all yes, and where 
 the grafle is fweeteft and fhort, the (beep cateth with 
 beft apperite,there fee you continue Iongeft: and tou¬ 
 ching giving them Eitches^DiB^ Aunifeeds 3 and fuch like; 
 this change ot ground will make milke fpring much 
 better. 
 
 CHAP. 26. 
 
 Of the ft aggers 3 or leajefcknejfe in Lambesjr 
 " elder fheepe. 
 
 'J'He ftaggers is ingendred in lheepe by forfeiting on 
 Oke leaves. Hawthorn leaves, orfuehlike, which 
 Lambs are very apt unto:it is a cold corrupt blond,or 
 fteame,gathered together about the brain,and indeed is 
 The cure, foddainly mortall. The beft eure is, to take Afafettida, 
 
 and diftolvc it in warm water, and put the quantity of 
 half a- fpoonful into each ear of the foeep or Lamb,and 
 ins a prefetit remedy. 
 
 CHAl>. 
 
s Book. 
 
 Of Sheep. 
 
 11$ 
 
 CHAP. 27. 
 
 Of worms in the gats of fheep or L&mbel, 
 
 Q Heep are as fubjedt to worms in their guts and fto- 
 O macks as any other Cattell whatfoever,which you 
 {hall know by beating their bellies with their feet, and 
 by looking continually at their bellies. The cure is, to ^ q 
 take the leaves of Coiiander^nd to ftarap them,and then 
 mixing the juyee thereof with honey, to give the fheep 
 to drink,and then chafe him a little, and keepe him two 
 or three hours falling. 
 
 CHAP. 28. 
 
 Of the Iojfe of the Cad. 
 
 *THat which helpeth the Ioffe of the CudinOxe or 
 ** Cow, the lame is a prefent remedy for fheep, and 
 is fpoke of before in a former Chapter. 
 
 CHAP. 29. 
 
 Of fining fheep from the Rot. 
 
 T His difeale of rottennels is the cruelleft of all ci¬ 
 ther amongft fheep, and extendeth his violence 
 over all the Flock:nay,over Townlhips & coun- 
 tries.-and though it be held of moft men incurable, yet 
 good government, and this receit which I fhall deliver 
 you,will not only prevent it, but prelerve your fheepe 
 fafe.- rhc.rfore,as foon as you perceive that any of your 
 fheep art tainted,you fhall take^ dracesjwhich is a cer¬ 
 tain fait gathered from the fait Marches in the heate of 
 Summer,when the Tide is going away,and leaving cer¬ 
 tain drops of fait water on the grafle, then the violent 
 heat of the Sun turnes it to Salt: and to fpeak briefly, 
 all Salt made by the violence of the Suns heat only, is 
 taken for Adracss t of which there is infinite ftore in 
 Spain. With this A dr aces rub the mouths of all your 
 fheep once a week, and you fhall never need to feat 
 . K 4 .' the 
 
IZQ 
 
 The generallCure. 6 full CatteH. 
 
 iBook. 
 
 the rotting of them, for it hath been well tried: and as I 
 imagine, the experiment was found out from this very 
 ground- It is a rule, and well-known at this day in Lin- 
 colnfhire,and in Kent, that upon the fait Marfhes fhecp 
 did never dye of the Rot-: no other reafbn being known 
 therefore, but the licking up of that Salt, and without 
 doubt, it is moft infallible and moft eafie. 
 
 CHAP 3 o. 
 
 A few precepts for the Shephearcl. 
 
 I T is mcete that every good andcarefull Shcpheard 
 know what food is good for Sheep, what hurtfull : 
 that following the one,andefche wing the other,he may 
 ever keep his Cattle in health. The grade that is moft 
 wholefome for llieep, is that which hath growing in it 
 good ftore of Me Hi lot, CLiter, Self'-heal, Cyncklefoyle , 
 Brcom,Pympernell,and white Henband. 
 
 The grade which is umvholefome for fheepe, is that 
 which hath growing trmongft it ,S pear , Wort,Penniwort,or 
 Penny-grafte,and any weed which grow from inundations 
 oo overftowes of water ; likewifyKnotgrafie- is not good, 
 nor Mildewdgrafte. Of all Rots the hungar rot is the 
 wot & for it both putrifieth the flejh and skin , and this is 
 mot incident to field fheepe, for to pofiure fbeep it never 
 kappenetb, Tne next Rot to it,is the Pelt- rot, which com- 
 metb by great fiore of rain immediatly after a Jheepe is 
 new floor a, which mildewing the skin corruptetb the body, 
 and this alfo is incident to field fheepe which want fhel- 
 ter. 
 
 There be-little white Snai'es which a fheep will lick 
 upland they will fbon rot him. 
 
 There will grow upon Ewes teate-s little, dry fcabs, 
 which will flop their-milkejwhen the Lambes fuck,the 
 fhepheard muft have care to dull them away. 
 
i Book. 
 
 Of Goats. 
 
 A Sheep will have a bladder of water under his chin 
 fomctimes,which the fhepheard muff be carefull to let 
 out and lance, or the Sheep will not profper. 
 
 In is good not to fhear flieep before Midfummer,for 
 the more he fweateth in his wooll,thc better, and more 
 kindly it is. 
 
 If yon will know the age of your fhcep,look in his 
 mouth,and when he is one fhear,he wil have two broad 
 teeth afore: when he is two fhear, he will have foure 
 broad teeth afore: when he is three, he will have fix, 
 and when he is four fheare, he will have eight: and af¬ 
 ter thofe yeares 3 his mouth will beginne to breake: for 
 touching that rule of the evennefte and unevenneffe of 
 the moutn, it is uncertaine, and faileth upon many oc- 
 cafions. 
 
 The en d of the Sheepe. 
 
 Of Goates, 
 
 CHAP. i. 
 
 Of Goats, and their nature . 
 
 iwl^EeingGoats are not of any general ufe in 
 ^ ourKingd®m,butonlynourifh'dinfome 
 
 ^ wild and barren places, where Cattle of 
 fUt iS? better profit can hardly be maintained,as 
 in the mountainous parts o£ Wales, in the 
 bafrenneft parts of Cornwall, and Devonjhire, on Mal- 
 korne hils,and fome few about the Peak: I wil not {land 
 upon any large difeourfe, but as briefly as I can,give 
 you their natures and cures .You fhal the*kaow,that the 
 ; Goate 
 
j 2 2 The generall Care of all Cattell 2 Book. 
 
 t’ e nature Goaf is a beaft of a hot, ftrong, and lufty conftimtien; 
 
 «f Goat*, f efpedally in the act of generation, that they exceed all 
 other cattelbdelight to live m mounrames that be high, 
 craggy and fuUofbulhes,bryars,and ortier woods,they 
 will feed in any plain paftures,buc their fpecial delight 
 is in brouhng upon trees>they are to nimble of foot,that 
 they will go in places of greateft danger._ The profit 
 which commeth from them ts their milk, which is an ex¬ 
 cellent refiorative y and their Kids which are an excellent 
 venifon.Tbey are in otherC.ountries y as inSpzin y the 1 lands 
 of the hzoxti^ndthe llands of the Canaiies, preferred 
 for tie chafe/ad for hunting's we prefers out Deer loth 
 ' red andfa!low y andmake excellent p&fime. 
 tfis th*pe. For the ihape of the Goat,he would have a large bo- 
 
 dy,and well hayred,great lcgs,upright joynts, not ben - 
 ding, a neck plain and fhorr, a head fmall and Header, 
 large homs,and bendings big eye,and a long beard, and 
 his colour white,black,or pide* Some do ufc to fheare 
 them,to make rough mantles ofjbut it is not fo with us 
 in England.Tm Shee-Goat would have large teats, and 
 biii udder, hanging eares, and no horns, as they have in 
 many places. 
 
 &e ordering Thefe Goats would be kept in fmall flocks or heards, 
 of Goats. 6 as not above a hundred in a heard; as they muft in the 
 heat of Summer have much lhade, fo in the Winter 
 likewife much fhelter, for they can neither endure ex¬ 
 tremity of heat nor cold, efpecialiy the violence of 
 Winter,!or that will make the fhee-Goat calf her Kid, 
 or br/ng it forth untimely. Thefe love Maft well, but 
 yet you muft give them other food to mixe with it. 
 
 .. The beft time to let the male and female go together, 
 is about the beginning of December. 11 you houfe Goats 
 in the WinterJet them have no litter to lyc on, but the 
 fioore 
 
I Booke. Of Goates, 
 
 floor pavedjpr gravelled; for otherwife,theit own heat 
 will annoy them : they rautk alibbekept vety cleanly, 
 for they can endure no filthy favours. For the young 
 Ktds,yeu (hall in all points order them as you do your 
 Lam6es. 
 
 Now for their prefervation, if they be fuffered to go 
 and chufe their own f'ood,they are to themfeivs fo good 
 phyfmans, that they will feldome or never be troubled 
 with any inward fickneffe ; only the unnaturallexcefie 
 ©f their iuft maketh them grow foon old, and fo both 
 paft ufc and profit.For thole particular difeafes which 
 accidentally fall vpon them : here followeth tl»e 
 cures,. 
 
 CHAP, ii* 
 
 Of the pefiHence in Goats^or any inward and hidden 
 ficknejje. 
 
 I F you perceive your Goats to droop, or look with 
 fullen or fad countenances, it is an afiured figne of 
 fickndTcjbut if they foam or lather at the mouth, then 
 it is a fign of the peftiience: the cure is,firft to feparate 
 them from the found,then to let diem bloud, and give lhc Cure * 
 them the Buds and Leaves of Celodine s with, rufhes and 
 reeds to eat,and it fs a prefent remedy. 
 
 CHAP. 12. 
 
 Qf the Dropfie itt Goates,. 
 
 C ^Oates are very much fubjeft unto the Drop fie, 
 
 I through .their exedfe drinking of water; the figne 
 whereof is a great inflamation and heat in the skin : the 
 cure is to feeth tvormmod in Water and Salt, and give 
 a pint thereof to the Goat to drink divers snornings/or ne ^ 
 to flit and let out the water under the flioulder, is not 
 fe certain and fafe a cure. 
 
 Chap. 
 
The generall Cure of all Cattell. I Book, 
 
 CHAP. 4. 
 
 Of slopping the teats. 
 
 "THere will ingender in the teats of Goates a cer¬ 
 tain tough hard fleame,which will flop the milk 
 from iffuing.-which to cure,you fhall with your 
 finger and your thumb pull it away, and then annoint 
 the place with Honey , and the Goates milk mixt toge¬ 
 ther. 
 
 CHAP. 5. 
 
 Of Goates that cannot Kidde. 
 
 G Oares above other Cattle arc troubled with hard- 
 nefle in Kidding, »byreslbn that if they be chafed 
 or hunted,their Kids’ will turn in their Bellies $ the Re¬ 
 medy then to prcferve them from that danger, is to 
 keep them quiet a id untroubled, untill they have Kid¬ 
 ded. 
 
 CHAP. C 
 
 Of the tetterpr dry f'cab- in Goates * 
 
 T O heale any tetter,or dry fcab in Goats,take black 
 Sope. Tar,Hogs-greafe,and Brimftone, mixe them 
 well together,’ andannoinc the fores therewith, and it 
 will heale them. 
 
 CHAP. 7. 
 
 Of gelding Kiddes in the fummerfeafm. 
 
 K ids being guelt in Summer feafon, as thofe which 
 arc late kidded muft ncceffarily be;the Fly wil be 
 fo bufie with theifore, that with their blowings they 
 will breed fuch ffore of Maggots in the wound, that it 
 will indanger their lives: to defend them from fuch an¬ 
 noyance of the Fly,you fhall take Soot,Tar,and thicke 
 Cream, and mixe them well together, and annoint the 
 wound therewith,and it will both heale it, and keep the 
 
 FJ5,iWay - Chap. 
 
i Booke. Of Goates. 12 5 
 
 ‘ CH AP.8~ 
 
 . Of the Itch in Goates. . 
 
 J F your Goats be troubled with any itch,fo that they 
 cannot feed for clawing and biting themfelves, you 
 ihall vvalh their skins with old Chamber-lye , and 
 green Corpora* well boy led together , and it will kill 
 the Itch. 
 
 CHAP.?., 
 
 Of the tael Bopping in Goates. 
 
 /'"TOates when they are fucking on their Dams, or 
 vJfwhen they are new Kidded,will commonly have a 
 great laxe or ftjuirt,fo that the ordure which commech 
 horn them, it it be not well cleanfed and taken from 
 them,it will with their ownnaturall heate fo bake and 
 dry,that it will flop up their tuels, fo that they cannot 
 dung, which if it be not ho lpcn, the Kid will dye. The 
 cure is,to cleanfe the place,and open the tuell,and then £ ure *- 
 
 put into it an inch or thereabouts ol a fmall candles end 
 dipt in Honey, and then annoint all the tuell over with 
 Capons-greafe. 
 
 CHAP. 10. 
 
 Of the fiaggerspr reeling will in Goates. 
 
 | F your Goats be troubled with the daggers or ree- 
 * ling evill, which is a difeafe bred in them by the vio¬ 
 lent heat of the Sun,, you fh.all take Bay fait and •verd- 
 j*jo*,and mixe them together,and give the Goat halfe a 
 pint thereof to drink : or elfe take Houfe-leek and Dra¬ 
 gons, of each a like, fo grounds of rfle^ with a little 
 new milke, ftampc the he.arbes, and then mingle them 
 together 5 then .put thereto a few^erer grofly beaten, 
 and then boyl it again, then coole it,and give the ficke 
 Goat three or four fpponfuis, thereof to drinke, and it 
 wil cure her .Now for any other infirmities which fhal 
 happen 
 
12 6 
 
 The general!, cure of all Cattell 
 
 t Book. 
 
 happen unto Goats, you may cure them with the fame 
 medicines which you cure jfheep, for their natures doe 
 nor much differ. 
 
 The end of the Goat. 
 
 I of Swine. 
 
 CHAP, r. 
 
 of all mariner ofSwinejbeir uaturejife^fbapes^nd 
 ' f preservation. ‘ 
 
 fe'sjS/sM': Lthough Swine are accounted troubie- 
 
 fon:e,noyfome 3 unruly, and great ra- 
 !i^^)y©\V4rm venours,as indeed their natures are not 
 | much different from fuch qualities, 
 « y eC ^ u hlity and profit of them will 
 1 eafily wipe off thole offence:.; for to 
 fpeak truly of theSwine,heis the huf- 
 band-mans beft Scavenger, and the Houle wives mold 
 wholefome fjnke, for his food and living is by that 
 whichwouldelferotintheyard,. make itbcaffly, and 
 b eedno good mannurc, or being caft downe the ordi¬ 
 nary fink in the houfe breed noyfome fracls, corrupri- 
 on,and infe&ionj for from the Husband- man lie raketh 
 pulfe,chaffe,barri-duft, mans ordure, Ca:b?ge, and the 
 weeds of his yard : and from the Houle wife Her t half, 
 fwillings ; VVhey,waihing of tubs, and fuch like, with 
 which he will live andkeepe a good date of body, very 
 - .Tuffiaently, and though he is accounted good in no 
 ' place butt he dilh onely,yet there he is fo lovely and fo 
 wholefomeqhat all other faults may be borne with. 
 
 He 
 
I Book. Of Swine. 12 
 
 He is by nature greedy,given much to root up grounds, 
 and tear down fences,he is very lecherous, and in that 
 a<5t tedious and brutifhdie is fubie£t to much anger,and 
 the fight q! the boars is exceeding mortalhthey can by 
 no means indure ftorms,winds, or foul weather, they 
 are excellent obfervers of their own homes,and excee¬ 
 ding great lovers one of another: Co that they will die - 
 upon any beaft that offendeth their fellowes. 
 
 Now touching the choice of fwine. you fhall under- 
 ftand that no Country-in England breedeth naturally 
 better Swine one then another.--but if any have prehe- 
 minence, tlrcri-I muft : prefer Leicefteriftiiexe and fome 
 parts of Northamptonshire'and clay-countries border¬ 
 ing Leicefterfhire, and the reafon T take to be , their 
 great multiplicity of grain,efpecially beans and pulfe. 
 
 For iheMaft countries, though they are good feeders-, 
 they are no large breeders, whence it comes tiiar your 
 wild fwine is ever your leaft fwine, but your, fwceteft 
 Bicon.But if the race and keeping be a like the propor¬ 
 tion and goodneffe will bea hke:therfore in the choice 
 of your fwine,chiefly the Boars- and Sows which you. 
 breed of,let them be long and large'of body, deep fi- 
 ded,and deep bellied, thick: thighs, and fhort legges, 
 for though the long legged fwine appear' a goodly 
 bea If yet he but coufeneth the eye,andds>'natio; profi¬ 
 table to theButcl-er: highclaws, thicknedi^aifhorc 
 and ftroiig'groyne,and a good thick chine well let with 
 ft rong brifties: the colour, is belt whidi is all of one 
 peeccgac al white,or al fanded.the pide are the.worft.&: 
 moft apt to take Meazds,the black is colorable,but our 
 Kingdom-through the cbldnes breedeth. them feldome. 
 
 The life and profit of fwine is onely(as the Husband¬ 
 men faith, for the roofe. which is Bacon, for the {pit 
 which 
 
128 
 
 Theufc aad 
 jgpGc of fwine 
 
 The gentraU Cure of all Cat tell iBook. 
 
 which is Pork, Sowfe and puddings, and for breed, 
 which is their Pigs only.To have too ; many Sowes in 
 a yard is not good,for their increafe,snd bringing forth 
 Is fo great,that they will for want oi food eat one ano¬ 
 ther: A Sow will bring forth Pigs three times a yeare, 
 namely at the end of every,ten weekcs, and the num¬ 
 bers are great which they will bring forth: for I have 
 known one fowhave twenty pigs at one litter, twelve, 
 fourteen and fixtc-en are very common; yet a Sew can 
 bring up no more pigs then fhe hath Teats, therefore 
 look how many fhe.hatb,and fomany pigs preferve of 
 the beft,the reft caff avyay,or put to other Sows which 
 want,yet give fuck. A Sow will bring pigs from one 
 yeer oId,tiIl fire be feven years old:thc pigs which you 
 rear after you have chofen the beft for Boars or Sows 
 to breed on,geld the reft both males and females: the 
 males will make goodly hogs, which are excllcnt Ba¬ 
 con or parke,Sc the females which are called fpade- 
 guilts, will do the like; and breed a great deal more 
 greafe in theirbodies,whenceit comes that the husband 
 manefteemes one fpayd-guilt before two Hogs,young 
 Shots which are fwine of three quarters, or but one 
 yeer old,are the daintieft pork. 
 
 Now for.the prelervation of fwine,itis contained in 
 thc-ir government and food,. aRd is all that belongeth to 
 the office of the. fwine heaid.The orderlieft feeding of 
 fwine is,(when you keep them,but in good ftate of bo- 
 dy,and not feekto fat rhem)m the morning early when 
 you unify them litq give.them Draffe,pulfe,or othejr, 
 garbage,wxthfwillings in the' troughs,- ahd when they 
 have’eaten it to drive them to the field,where they may 
 graze and root for their food:and of groundsjthe Toft 
 marfh and moorifh grounds are the heft, where they 
 
 may 
 
s Book. 
 
 [OfSwine. 
 
 may get the Roots of Sedge Reeds,Rufhes,Knot-graft 
 ane fuch like,which is wholefome for Swine, oi tlx 
 Fallow or tithe field,where they may root at pleafme, 
 and by killing the weed bring profit to the earthrand at 
 hie fall of the Leaf,it is good to drive them to hedges, 
 where they may get Haws,Hip5,SIoe5,Crabs, or iuch 
 fruit,which is alio very wholefome: and the poorer 
 fort will gather their fruits,and keep them fate tor'ccd 
 their fwine with a'i the winter .When evening commeth 
 you fhal, drive your fwine home,and then filling their 
 troughs with Daflf and fvvillings let them fill their bel¬ 
 lies,and then fky them up,fo fhal you kecp them from 
 doing other hurts or injuries.If once in a fortnight you 
 mixe vvicli yourfwillings fomeRadle or red Oaker, it 
 will preferve them wonderfully fiom Meazels and all 
 inward infe&ions, and thus much for the gcnerall dif- 
 courfeof fwinemow I will proceed to their particular 
 infkmities,and other bufinefies* 
 
 CHAP. xx. 
 
 Of the Feaver or any hidden fuknejje 
 in Swine. 
 
 T Here is no beaft maketh his fickneffe fo apparant as 
 the fwine for when he findeth any grief or diftem- 
 perature in his body,he prefently droopech,forfakes his 
 meat,and will not eat till he find in himfelf a perfed 
 Recovery .-therefore when you fhall.fo find him to for- T!l 
 fake his meat,you fhal firft let him bloud under his tail 
 and under his ears,and if they bleed not frefhly enough 
 you fhall beat them with a fmall flick, and that will 
 bring forth the bloodjthen wrap about the wounds the 
 bark of a young Ofier,and then keep him'warmc, and 
 give him to drink warm fwillings,wel mixt with bar¬ 
 ley meal,and red-oaker. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
l 3 o 
 
 The general! cure of all Cattell i Book. 
 
 CHAP. 3. 
 
 Of the MurrenfPett Hence 3 or Cathar in Swine. 
 
 ■J Hefe difeaies being all of one nature, are very much 
 incident to Swine, and fpring from many grounds 3 
 as from corruption in bloud ingendred by the eating of 
 rotten fruit,or too much Butchers garbage^ and many 
 times by eating too rank grafs, wherein is much Hem¬ 
 lock the particular figncs are, moyft eyes, and their 
 heads bom on each fide, but theirgenerall knowledge is 
 The CcreJ their fatting and mortality : the cure is,to give them in 
 
 warm vn\h 3 Hens-dung 3 and boyld Liverwort , -.with a 
 little red oaker. 
 
 CHAP. 4. 
 
 Of the Gall in Swine. 
 
 S Wine will oft have an over-flowing of the Gallfst- 
 caufecholler is much powerful in them,which you 
 fhall know by a fwelling which will rife under their 
 Ths Cure, jawes,and the cure is,to ftamp G'allwort ,or Safjron 3 and 
 mixe it with honey and water 3 and then {training it, give 
 it the Swine to drink by a pint at a time. 
 
 €HAP. 5 . 
 
 Of the Measles in Swine. 
 
 ’J'His Difeafe of all other is moft common in Swine, 
 and with moft eafe helped 1 as thus, you fhall take 
 the oldeft urine that you can get, and mixe it with red 
 osker till it be thicke, and about the quantity of an Ale 
 quart,then mixe it with a gallon of warm fweet whey, 
 and give it the Swine to drink, after he hath beene kept 
 all night fafting. 
 
 CHAP. 6 . 
 
 S Of Imposttimes in any part of a Swine. 
 
 Wine will have Impoftumes in any parts of their 
 bodies,as under their throats,their ears,bellies, and 
 oft 
 
Of-Swine, 
 
 J Book. 
 
 iji 
 
 oft upon their fides.The cure is,if they be foft,to lance f « re o 
 
 them,and let out the matter, and then heale them with 
 Tune and Butter n but if they be not foft, then let the 
 Swine blood under the tongue, and rub all his mouth, 
 chaps and groin,with wheat meal and falt 3 and the Im- 
 po ftume will go away. 
 
 CHAP. 7. 
 
 Of vomiting in Swine. 
 
 I F your Swine do vomit and caft up his meat, you 
 fhall give him fpelted Beanes to eat, and they will 
 ftrengthen his ftomack. 
 
 CHAP. 8. 
 
 Of leannejie 3 mifike y fcurfe 3 and manginejs’e 
 in Swine. 
 
 T Hefe difeafes proceed from corruption of blood, 
 ingendredby lyingWet in their flies,having filthy 
 rotten Litter, or much fcarcity of meat. The cure is ^ c ^, 
 fir ft to let the Swine bloud under the tayle,then to take “ 
 a Wooll-card, and to comb off all the feurf and filth 
 from the Swines back,even till his skin bleed:then take 
 Tarre f Hogs-greafe and Brimfione , and mixing them 
 well together,annoint the Swine therewith,then let the 
 ftiebe mended, his Litter be fweet,and give him good 
 warm food,and the Swine will be fat and found very 
 fuddainly. 
 
 CHAP. 9. 
 
 Of the fleeping evillin Swine. 
 
 Q Wine are much fubjeft to this difeafe in the Sum- 
 j3 time and you fhail know it by their coatiniial flee- 
 pinf ,&negle<aing to eat their meat:the cure is,to houfe 
 them up, and keep them faffing twenty & four hours, T he Cure * 
 then in the morning when hunger pincheth them,to give 
 them to drinkWater,in which is ftampt good (lore of 
 La St one crop 
 
13 3 The general cure of all Cattell. i Book, 
 
 Stonecrop^ which as foon as they, have drunk, they will 
 votnite and caft, and that is a prefenc remedy. 
 
 CHAP. io. 
 
 Of pai/te in the Milt. 
 
 S Wine,are oft troubled with pain in theiy M iks or 
 Spleensjwhich proceedcth from the eating of Maft, 
 when they are firft put thereunto, through their over 
 greedy eating chereof,and is known by a Reeling,going 
 , of one fide.TRhecnreis,togive them chc juyceof wow 
 mod^ in a little honied water 3 to drink, and it will ai- 
 fwage the pain. 
 
 CHAP. ii. 
 
 Of the unnaturalaeffe of forces-. 
 
 TV /T Any Sows do prove fo unnaturall that they will 
 IVidevour their Pigs when they have farro’d them 
 which fpringeth from an unnatural grcedinefTe in them 
 which to help,you muff watch her when (he far-row- 
 eth, and take away the Pigs as they fall, then take the 
 wreckling, or word Pig, and annoint it all over with 
 the ju/ce of Stonecrop,znd fo give it the Sow ag ain.-and 
 if the devour i r , it will make her caft and vomit lo ex- 
 treamly, that the pain.of the furfeit will make loath 
 to do the like agayn: But of all cures, the beft for 
 fuch an unnatural beaft is to feed her .well and then kill 
 her. 
 
 CHAP. la. 
 
 Of the Laxe or Flixe in HoggeS. 
 T^OrtheLaxor Flixe inSwirie,you lhail give them 
 JC farjuyce.md milk mixt together to drink, and then 
 feed him. with food, as fpletted Beanes , A comes , or 
 Acorn-b takes. Thisis alfo excellent , and approved 
 for young Pigs and Shots 3 when they have any fcou- 
 
 CHAP. 
 
* Book. 
 
 Of Swine. 
 
 ii 133 
 
 CHAP- 13. 
 
 Of the lugging tf Swine with doggs, 
 
 IF your Swine be extreamly lugged and bitten with 
 ** dogs,to prevent theranckling,and impofturoation of 
 the foar,you fhall annoinc it with Vinegar, S ope, and 
 tallow mixt together,and it will cure the fame. 
 
 -CHAP. 14. 
 
 Of the Poxe in Swine. ' 
 
 T He Poxe is a filthy andinfe&ious difeafe in Swine, 
 proceeding from corrupt bloud,ingendered by po¬ 
 verty ,wet lying,low fine{fe,and fuch like'and the S wine 
 can never yrolper which hath them.The cure is,to give The Cufe 
 him fir if to drink two fpoonfnls of London treacle in a 
 pint of honied which wil expel the infection out¬ 
 wardly, then to annomt the fores with Brimftone and 
 Bears-greaft mixt together, and fo feparate the fick 
 from the found. . . 
 
 CHAP. i 5< , - 
 
 - Of killing-Maggots in-the ears or other parts 
 -■ ' •" ' ' of Swine. ' 
 
 I -.F; Maggots fhall breed in the eats of younSwine, 
 which havebeenluggcd Withdogs for w'antof good 
 . ^looking^ unto, as often it happeneth'; you fhall take 
 either the fweeteft Wort you can ge^or elfe hony y and 
 annoirit the feres therdWith.aiid the Maggots prefently ' 
 will fall off and dye. - - v . 
 
 C-HAP. 16/ 
 
 Of feeding Swine exceeding fat 3 either for 
 ‘ rr ' ’ ' 1 ^-■‘o'norforLerrd.-' ’ 
 
 - * ' ■ • : naemyr-jorLara-.-' 
 
 men according'to the nature of divers coun- ? h . e ftcdi "g°f 
 tries,have diver-s Ways ih feeding of their Swine^oX?/ 0 - 
 as thofe which live: near unto woods and plates where 
 ftore of maft is,turri their SwiheTih'to the MaiVfbr fixe 
 
 L 
 
 or 
 
1^6 The generall Cure of all Calteli. I Book,' 
 
 or eight weeks and then having got flelh and fat neffe 
 on their backes do bring them home, and pus them up 
 in Sties and then feed them for ten days or a fortnight 
 afcer,wirh old dry Peafe given them of t in the day a lir- 
 ' tie at once, with water,as much as they will drink: for 
 this will harden the flelh and fat lb,thac it. will not con- 
 fume when it comes to boyling.-chis manner of feedin 
 is good, and not to be difliked. 
 
 Now,the feeding of Swine in Champain Countries, 
 7be £ C(J ; Bg ofwhich are far from wood*,is in tills manner :Firft, you 
 Twine is Aa® (hall ftye up thofe Swine which you intend to feed,and 
 p«a Ccun- jgj. thetn fl0C C ome out of the fame until they be fed but 
 aio ‘ have their food and water brought unco c hem:now the 
 firft two days you fhal give them nothing;the third day 
 you (hall early in the morning give them a pretty quan¬ 
 tity of dry peafe or beans-, at noon you (hall give them 
 as much more,at four a clock as muchmore,and when 
 you go to bed as much more,but al that day no water. 
 The next day, you lhall feed them again ar the fame 
 hours, and let water by them that they may drink at 
 their own pleafure;,and twice or thrice a week as your 
 provifion will ferve yon, it is good to fill their bellies 
 with fweet wfiay, Butcer-thilk, or warm wadi, but by 
 no mean; fcaac the proportion of their Peafe; and by 
 thus doing you dull feed a fvine fat enough for the 
 Uaughier in four or fi /e weeks. 
 
 There be other Hx.b-n Imen in Champain Conneries, 
 2e lUck** a * a5 “l Leicefterfbier ?,and (uch like,that-pu: their lwine to 
 peafe reekes,or fiacke;,(et in the field; aeer unto water 
 furrow; or ru-i.lles/o chutney nay let the water into 
 the fiick yari,and then morning and evening cut a cut¬ 
 ting of the fiac< or reck ml fsreai che reip; among ft 
 the fwiae;clus mtner of feeding is befi foe (mil par kets 
 
I Book. Of Swine, l %7 
 
 and wi'.l iatchcm very reafonableimhree Weeks or a 
 month. It you feed fhecp araongft your Porkers, it 
 I; very good,and daily by many pra&ifed; for by that 
 means you thall net lool'e any of yout Gram,for what 
 your fheep cannor gather up your Porkets will. 
 
 Now,for fuch as live in or near about great Cities or G{ fcC<i ;„ 0 f 
 Towns, as London ferk^ot fuch like, and have neither Swine in or a- 
 great {lore of Maft, nor great ftore oi Gram* yet they f“- c f sac 
 have a manner of feeding as good, and fomewhat more 
 fpeedier then any of the ocher,onely the Bacon h not fo 
 fwcet or toothlome; and thus it is: They ftie up their 
 fadings, as is before faid, aad then. take Chandlers 
 Grams,which is the dregs and offall ef rendredTallovsr, 
 as hard skins, kels, and flefhly iumps,which will not 
 melt, together with other courfe skins of the Tallow, 
 fuet,or Kitchin fee,and mixing it in warm wafli,give it 
 the Swine to eat three orfour times in the day, and it 
 will iuddainly puffebim up with fatncffejthen beftow 
 of every Swine a bufheii of dry Peafe to harden his 
 fiefb,and you may then kill them at your pleafure.The 
 only danger of this food is,it will at firlt iometimes 
 ma^e Swine fcourjcfpecialy young Pigs,if they eat it: 
 but as foon as you perceive tiich a fault, give unto your 
 elder fwine, milk and verjtiyce, and to your fucking 
 Pigs ver j uyee one) y • 
 
 Now, laftly, the bed feeding of a Iwine for lard,or Of fcedin* 
 a Boar for Brawn, is to feed them the fir ft week with Ho J s * or 1 M ’ 
 Barley fodden till it brerk, and fod in fuch quantity Brawn.” ** 
 that it may ever begiven fweet.-then after to feed them 
 with raw maulr from the floore, before it be dried, till 
 they be fat enough: and then for a week after, to give 
 them dry peafe or beanes to harden their flefh.Lec their 
 drink be the wa filing of Hogfheads, or Ale bards, or 
 L 4 fweet 
 
The genet ail cure of all Catted. i Book • 
 
 fweet Whay,and let them have ftore of thereof. This 
 manner oi feeding breeds the whiteft,- fatteft, and beft 
 fiefh that may be,. as hath been approved by the beft: 
 Husbands. 
 
 The end of the Swine of allforts. 
 
 Of Cosies, 
 
 ' K,- CHAP. r. 
 
 Of the tame rich con y, his nature , choice , profit , 
 and prefervation. 
 
 Tbeaimre of forts of conies may as well be kept 
 
 tke cost: tame asWild and do above other beafts 
 
 K m ;s^j delight in impnfonmentand folitarines. 
 
 whichproceedeth from the ftrcngth of 
 W f^^^M'W.melahcholiy in their nature,bcing crea- 
 l u res To mu'ch panicipiatiQ'no’f the earth 
 that'their delight is to live in Holes,'Rocks, and other 
 dark Caverns?They areviolcntly hot in the ad of gene¬ 
 ration .and perform it with fuch vigour and exccfle,tha t 
 they fiveund & lie in trances a good fpace after the deed 
 is done.The males arc 1 given to much cruelty,& would 
 . Hi the yong rabbets if he could come to them: whence 
 it proceedeth,that theFemales after they have kindled, 
 - hide their yong oiies,and dole up their holcs,fo that the 
 Buck-cony may not find them .The Female, pr Doe- 
 conies are wonderfull in their increafe,and biing-forth 
 yong ones every : pionth:therfoie,when you keep them 
 tame in boxes,you multobferve to watch them,and as 
 
 foon 
 
iBooke. Of Conies, 13^ 
 
 foon as they have kindled, to put them to the buck, or 
 otherwife they will mourn, and hardly bring up their 
 young ones. 
 
 The boxes in which you fhall keep yout tame conies^ Gfbox« for - 
 would be made of thin wainfcot boards,fome two foot M8ie conie: - ■ 
 fquare,and one foot highland that Iquare muft be di- 
 vided into two rooms,a greater room with open win¬ 
 dows of wyar,through which the cony may feed;and,a 
 Ieffer room without lighten which the cony may lodge 
 and kindle,and before them both a trough in which you 
 may put meat,and other neceffarics for the cony, and 
 thus you may make box upon box in divers ftories,kee 
 ping your bucks by themfelves,. & yourDoes by them- 
 ielves,except it be fuch Does as have not bred,and then 
 you may let a Buck lodge with them-alfo when.your 
 Do hath kindled one neft,& then kindeth another you 
 you ihai take the firft from her,and put them together 
 in a fevcrall box, amongft Rabbits of their own age 
 provided that the box be not peftred 3 but that they may 
 have feaie and liberty. 
 
 Now lor the choice ofrhefe tame rich conies yon G < the Sl0 ; 
 fhall not as in another catcell,look to their fnape but to of Wh coni- 
 their richnefie,onely elcdfc your Bucks, the largeft,and 
 goodiieft conies you can .getiand for the richneffe of the 
 skir.,that is accounted the richeft,which hath the equal- 
 left mixture of black <k white hair together,yet the 
 black rather lhadowing the white, then the white any ' 
 thing at al over maftring the black,for a black skin with 
 a few fiber hairs is much richer then a white skin with 
 a few black hairs:but as I faid before,to have them e- 
 qually o"r indifferently mixt is the beft above al! other: 
 the fur would be thick,deep,fmootb,and fhining,and a 
 blck coat without fiver hairs though it be no: recko- ’ 
 
 aed 
 
i'4 3 rtf generell Cure of all CatteH. i Book. 
 
 tied a rich coat,yet it is to be preferred before a white, 
 a pyed,a yellow, a duH,or a gray. 
 
 Now for the profit of thefe rich Conih, (for unitffe 
 o/riA art* did far away, and by many degrees exceed ihe 
 profit of all other Conies t they were not* worthy the 
 charge which touft be bellowed upon them) it is thib : 
 Fir ft, every one of the rich Conics which are killed in 
 fcafon, as from Martilmas untill after Candlemis , is 
 worth any five other Conies Jtot they arc of body much 
 fatter and larger, and when another skin is worth two 
 pence or three pence at themoft, they are worth two 
 lhillings, or two {hillings fix pence: Again, they in- 
 creafe of tner,and bring forth moe Rabbets at one kind- 
 Iingthcn any wild Conj doth; they arc ever ready at 
 hand for the di{h,\vinter and Summer,without charge 
 of Nets,Ferrets,or other Engines,and give their bodies 
 gratis for their skins will ever pay their mailers charge 
 with a rnoft large intereft. 
 
 Now for the feeding and prefervation of thefe rich 
 wrfwcforaJ. conies i iti' nothingfocoftlyortroublefome as many 
 ojcfconicj. have imagined,and as fome ignorant in the skill of kee¬ 
 ping thetn,have made the world think: for the beft food 
 you can feed a cony with, is the fweetcft,{horteft,fof- 
 reft, and beft Hay you can get, of which one load wil 
 fer ve two hundred couples a year, and out of the flock 
 of two hundred, you may fpend in yourHoufe two 
 hundred,and fell in the Market two hundred more, yet 
 maintain the flock good, and anfwer every ordinary 
 cafuaky. This Hay in little cloven flicks might witn 
 eafe reach it and pull it out of the fame, yet fo as they 
 nuy not fcatter nor wafte any. In the troughes under 
 their Boxes,you {hall put fweec Oates and their water, 
 & this ihouldbc there ordinary & conftant food where 
 
i Book. .0 femes, 14 1 
 
 with you fhall feed your Conies 3 for all other fhould 
 be ufed but PHifically, as for the prefervatioa of their 
 health:as thus,you fhall twice or thrice in a fortnight 
 for the cooling of their bodies,give thetn Greenes , as 
 MaSoives, Claveygrajse 3 So»er-dockes 3 blades of greene 
 corn 3 cabbage 3 oc Cohort leaves, and fuch like, al which 
 cooleth and nourifheth exceedingly? fome ale to give 
 thetn fometitnes fweet gr nines , but that mu ft be uted 
 very feldome,tor nothing fooncr rotteth a Cony. 
 
 You mu ft alfo have great care that when you cut 
 any graffe for them that are weeds, that there grow no 
 young Hemlocks amongft it, for though they will eat it 
 with all greedinefTe,yet it is a prefent poyfon, and kils 
 fudcjainly,youmuft alfo haveanefpeciall care every 
 day to make their Boxes fweet and clean, for the ft rong 
 favour of their ordure and piffe is fo violent,that it wil 
 both annoy themfelves, ana thofc which fhall be fre¬ 
 quent amongft them. 
 
 Now for the infirmities which areinfident unto them G f t fc e R ot ttl 
 ttay are but two: the firft is Rottenneffe, which com- Conic*, 
 meth by giving them too much green meat, or gathe¬ 
 ring their^r««cj and giving it them with the dew on; 
 therefore let them have it but feldome,and then the dri- 
 nefle of the Hay will ever drink up the moifture, knit 
 them and keep them found without danger. 
 
 The next is a certain rage or madnefie, ingendred by o'mndnc® 
 corrupt bloud, fprinUing from the ranks of their kee- in conks, 
 pingjand you fhal know it by their wallowing Scram¬ 
 bling with their heeles upward, and leaping in. their 
 boxes. The cure is,to give them Hare thiftle to cat, 
 and it will heal them. And thus much of the tame rich. 
 
 Cowhand his properries. 
 
 The end of the.four footed Beafi sv- ' 
 
 T-HE 
 
Of Poultry, _ 
 
 CHAPTER, i.' 
 
 Containing the orderingfatting 3 cramming 3 and cur in gof 
 all infirmities of Poultry 3 as Cod’s, Hensfbickens, C a - 
 pons } Geefe 3 Turkics , Phefants 3 Partridges , Quailes , 
 Houfe-doves 3 and allforts of Fowl whatfotver.Andfrit 
 of the Dunghill-cock 3 Hen 3 Chicken 3 and Capon. 
 
 S CTfffffyfM, 0 toe; fmal thing hath been written of 
 ^jSiM^rhisnattire before,but fo drawn from 
 4 M^theopinions of oid wmcTsjsftalisns, 
 ‘Mi~. ^ &jMjtFrettch 3 Dutcb 3 S£ l’uch like-that it hath 
 ©V^TY -1 s^® n ° coherence or congruity with the 
 Zpy|pra&ife and experience of Englith 
 l! 43 ^#ieuftoms,both theirRules and climes 
 being fo different from ours, that except we were to 
 live in their Countries,the rules which are printed are 
 ufeleis,& to no purpofe.To let pafs then the opinion of 
 Strangers,and come to our own homebred knowledge 
 which is fo mixed withallprofitableexperiments, that 
 it needethnot the help of otherNations fo much,a.s men 
 would make us beleeve. 
 
 You fhallunderftand that the dunghill-Cock (for the 
 fighting Cock deferveth a much larger and particular 
 difcourfe)is aFowi of al other birds the moft man heft, 
 ftately-,and majefticall,very'tame and familiar with the 
 . Man,and naturally inclined to live and profper in habi¬ 
 table Houfesihe is hot and ftrong in the A & of genera- 
 tion,and wil ferve ten Hens fufficiently & fonae,twelve 
 
2 Booke. 
 
 Ordering of Poultry, 1 43 
 
 and thirteen: he delighteth in open and libcrall plaines, 
 wnere he may lead torch his Hens in to green pa (lures 
 and under hedges, where they may warm and bathe 
 themfelves In the Sun,for to be pent up in walled pla¬ 
 ces, or in paved Courts is mod unnaturall unto chem, 
 neither will they profper therein. - of the cW 
 
 Now ot the choice and fhape of the dung hill-Cock, and ihapeot 
 he would be of a large & vvcl fized body,long from the the Cycfc - 
 lead to the rump, and thick in the garth; his neck 
 would be long loofe and curioufly Dending ir, and his 
 body together being ftraight,& high up erected, as the 
 Fan Icon and other birds of prey are, hi’s comb wattles, 
 and throat would be large, great compaife,ragged,ami 
 very Scarlet red,his eies round and great,the colour an - 
 fevering the colour of his plume or male, as gray with 
 gray,red with red.or yellow with yellow,his bil would 
 be crooked,fharp.& ftrongly fee on to‘his head,the co¬ 
 lour being futable with the colour of feathers on .his 
 head, his main'or neck feathers would be very long 
 bright, and (Tuning,covering from his head to his fhoul- 
 dersjiis legs ftraight.and oTa ft tong beamc,with large 
 long fpurs.fharp & a litle bending, & the colour black 
 yellow, or blcwifh, his claws fhort ftrong, and well 
 wrinkled,his tail long and covering his body very clofe- 
 ly.and for the generall colour of the dung-hill cock.it 
 would be red,for that is medicinahand oft tiled in cul- 
 liffes and reftoratives. This Cock ihould be valiant 
 within his own walk, and if he be a little knavifh, he is 
 fo much the bettcr,he would be oft crowing,and bufie 
 in fcratching the earth to find out worms and other 
 food for his Hens. 
 
 Now for the hen, iffhebea good One, fheihould 
 not differ much from the nature of the Cock,but be va¬ 
 liant. 
 
 Ofthehen 
 
 choiceSdhaps 
 
174 The generallCure of allCmell iBook. 
 
 iiant, vigilant,and laborious both for her (elf and her 
 Chickens. In ihape the biggeft and largeft are the be ft, 
 every proportion anfwertngthefe before defcribed of 
 the Cock,onely in ftead of her Comb (he (hould have 
 upon her crown a high thich tuft of feathers: to have 
 many & ftrong daws is good,but to want hinder claws 
 is better,for they oft break the Egs,& fuch hens fomc- 
 rimes prove unnatural,it is not good to chufe a crowing 
 Hen,for they are neither good breeder nor good laiers. 
 If you chufe hens to (ir,chufe the elder,tor they be con- 
 ftant,and will (it out their times,and if yon wil chute 
 Hens to lay,chufe the youngeft,for they are lufty and 
 prone to the act of ingendring,but for neither purpole 
 chufe a fat hen,for ifyou let her,(he wil forfakeher neft 
 and if you keep her toiay,fhe will lay her egs without 
 fhcls.Bcfides,a fat hen,will waxe floachtul,and neither 
 delight in the one nor m the other Ad of nature, fuch 
 hens then are ever fitter for the difh then the hen houfe. 
 
 The beft rime to fet hens to have the bert,largeft,and 
 of retting moft kindly Chickens, is in Febauary,in the increafe of 
 Hennej. t he Mcon,(b that the may hatch or difclofe her Chic¬ 
 kens in the increafe of the next new Moone, being in 
 Marcb/or one brood of March chickens is worth three 
 broods of any othf r:you may fet hens from March till 
 Odober, and have good Chickens,butnot after by any 
 means, for the Winter is a great enemy to their bree¬ 
 ding. A Hen doth fir twenty one diyes juft, and then 
 harcheth,but Peahens,Turkies,Geefc,Ducks,and other 
 water-fcrwl fit thirtyrfo that if you fet your hen as you 
 may do upon any of their egs,you muft fet her upon 
 them nine dayes before you fet her upon her own. A 
 Hen will cover nineteen Eggs well,and that is the moft 
 in true rule, (he (hould cover, butupon whaenumber 
 foever 
 
I Book. 
 
 145 
 
 OfVoultry . 
 
 foever you fee her, let it be oddj'for the eggs will lie" 
 round,clofe,and in even proportion together: it is good 
 when you lay your eggs firft under your Hens,to mark 
 the upper fide of them, and then to watch the Hen, to 
 ice if the bufie her felt to turn them from the one fide 
 to the other,which if you find fhe doth not, then when 
 ike rifethfrom her eggs to feed or bathe her felfe,you 
 mu ft fupply that office,and tu: n every Egge your felfe, 
 and efteeme your Hen of fo much the lefie’reckoning 
 for the ufe of breeding: be furethat the eggs which you 
 lay under her,be new and found,which you may know 
 by their heavinefle,fulneffe,and cleerneffe, if you hold 
 them up betwixt the Sun and your eye-fight;you muft 
 by no means at any time raife your Hen from her neft, 
 for that will make her utterly forfake it. cbo5ce 0 £ 
 
 Now for helping a Hen to hatch her eggs, or doing Egges. 
 that which fkould be her office, it is untieceffary, and 
 ikall be much better to be forborn then any way ufed j 
 or to make doubt of bringing fotth,or to think the Hen 
 fitteth too long,'as many fooliih curious Hufwives do, 
 if you be fure you fet her upon found eggs, is a frivo- 
 Iousjbut if you fet her upon unfound egges, then blame 
 your felf both of the Ioffe and injury done to the Hen 
 in her Ioffe of labour. 
 
 A Hen will be a good fitter from the fecondyear of 
 her laying to the fift,but hardly any longer j you (hall 
 obferve ever when your Hen rifeth from her neft, to 
 have meat and water ready for her,leaft ftraying to far 
 tofeekher food,fhe let her eggs cool too mucb,which 
 is very hurtfull. In her abfence you fhall ftirre up the 
 ftraw of her neft,and make it loft and handfome,Sc lay 
 the egges in order,as fhe left them: do not in the eledti- ^ * 
 
 on of your Egges, ehufe thole whieh are monftrous *- 
 
 g re % 
 
*4^ The gener.id Cure of ad Cat tell I Book" 
 
 great,for they many times have two yelkegand thougii 
 lonae write, that fuck Eggs vci'd bring out tvo chickens, 
 yet they are deceived; for if they bring forth t .vo, they 
 are commonly mo it abortive and monftrous: to per ■ 
 fume the licit with Brim ftonc is good, but with Rofc- 
 mary is much better. To fet Hens in the winter time in 
 Stows or Ovens is of no ufe with us in England , and 
 though they may by that means bring forth , yet will 
 the cmckens be never good nor profitable, but like the 
 V Lnnng oj Lemon and Pomegranate trees the fruit will 
 come' & great deale [Jjott of the charges. When your Hen 
 at any time is abfent from her neft , you mult have 
 great care to ice that the Cock come not to lit upon 
 the eggs (as he will offer to do) for he will indanger to 
 break them,and make her love her neft worfe. 
 
 A (Toon as your chickens be harchr, if any be weaker 
 then other,you (hall lap them in n-ool/pmd let them have 
 the ayr of the fire,and it will ftrengthen them; to per¬ 
 fume them niih a little Rofe-mary is very nholefcme alfo ; 
 and thus you may in a five keepe the firft hatebt chic¬ 
 kens till the reft be difclofed ( for Chickens mould have 
 no meat for two dayes ) and fome fhels being harder 
 Ofchicktr.s. thc-n other, they will take fo much diftance of time in 
 opening : yet unlefle the chickens be weak,or the Hen 
 rude, it is not amiffe to let them alone under her, fo r 
 (he will nouriih them moft kindly : after two dayes 
 is paft, the firfc meat you give them foould be very 
 fmallOatmealjfome dry,and fome fteept in milke, or 
 elfe fine wheat bread crams, and after they have got 
 ftrength, then Curds, Cheefe-parings, white bread 
 crufts foak’d in Milk or Drink,Barley meal,or Wheat 
 bread fealded, or any fuch like loft meat that is 
 fmall, and will eafily divided. It is good to keepe 
 chick es 
 
2 Booke. Ordering of Poultry. : 3 ^ 
 
 Chicks one fortnight in the houfe,and after tofuffer 
 them to go abroad with.the Henne to worm, for that 
 is very wholfome to chop green Chyves amongft your 
 chickens meat,will preferve them from the Rye,and o- 
 ther difcafes in the head;neither muff: you at any time 
 let your Chickens want water, for if they be forc'd to 
 drink in puddles,it will breed ihe Pip:alfo,to feed upon 
 TaresfDarnellptCockell , is very, dangerous for young 
 chickens. 
 
 You may by thefe foods before faid ? feed chickens ve- Off^djag & 
 ry fat under their dams.-buc if you wil have fat cram’d ” g 
 chickens,you dial coop them up when the Dam forfa- 
 keth them,and the beft crams for them is wheatmeal & 
 milk, made into dough, and then the crams fteeped in 
 milk and fo thruft down their throatsjbut in any cafe, 
 let the crams be fmal,and. wel wet for choaking,four- 
 teen days wil feed a chicken lufficiently :and thus much 
 briefly for your breed. 
 
 Now, becaufe Egs of themfelves are a lingular pro- Of preferving 
 fit: you fhall under ftand,that the belt way to preferve cgs ‘ 
 or keep them long,is,as fome tlunk/o lay them in good 
 Straw,& cover them clofe,but that is too cold, & be- 
 fides wil make them mufty:others wil lay them in bran 
 but that is too hot, and will make them pucrifie: and 
 others will lay them in fait,but that makes them wafte 
 and dimimfh: the beft way then to keep them moft 
 fweer, moft found, and moft full, is only to keep them 
 in a heap of old Malt, clofe and well covered al lo¬ 
 ver. 
 
 You fhall gather your egges up once a day,and leave of 
 in the neft but the neft egge, and no more; and that ' 6s * 
 
 ! would ever be in the after-noone, when you have feen 
 ! every Henne come from her neft feverally: fome Hens 
 I M will 
 
148 
 
 Thegentra.ll Cure and 2 Book. 
 
 will by their cackling tell you when they have laid,but 
 fomc will lay mute; thereforeyou must let jour oven eje 
 he jour in si ruder. 
 oftiie rapon K r ow touching the Capon^ which is the gueLt Cocke- 
 wtcn to catvc chicken you ihall undcrftand,that the belt time to carve 
 . or gueld him,is as form as the Dam hath left them , if 
 thellones be come down, or elfe as foon as they begin 
 to cro w .-for the art of carving it lell,it is both common 
 and ea fie,and much foonerto be learned by feeing one 
 carved,then by any demonftration in writing. 
 a capon to Tnele Capons are of twoufes: the one is to lead 
 icad chidccns. chickens. Ducklings, young! urkies,Peahens,Phefants, 
 and Partriges,which he will do altogether, both natu¬ 
 rally and kmdly.and through largneife of his body,»will . 
 brood or-cover eafily thirty or five and thirty ;hee will 
 lead them forth fafely,and defend them againft Kites or j 
 Buzzirds,more better then the Hens.-therefore the way 
 to make him to take unto them is,with a fine fmall bri- 
 er,or elfe ilaarp Kettles at night, to beat and fting all 
 his breafts and nether parts,and then in the dark to feat 
 the Chickens under him, whofe warmth taketh away 
 hisfmart; he will fall much in love with them, and 
 whenfoever he proveth unkind,you muft fting,or beat 
 him again, and this will make him he will never for- 
 fakethem. 
 
 d . I he other ufe ol Capons is, to feed for the Difh, as 
 
 crimmiolca- either at the Barn doors, with craps of corn, and the 
 pons.. chavings of pulle,or elfe in pens in the houfe,by cram¬ 
 
 ming them,which is the moft dainty:the be ft way then 
 to cram a Capon (fettingall Strange inventions a part) 
 
 ■ - is to take Barley meal realonably fifted, and mixing it 
 with new milk,make it into a good ftiffe dough; then 
 make it into long crams, biggeft in the midft,and final 
 
 at 
 
2 Book. Ordering of poultry 
 
 at both ends, and then wetting them in luke- warme 
 milk give the Capon a full gorgefull thereof three 
 times a day Morning, Noon,and Night, and he will in 
 a fortnight or three weeks, be as fat as any man need to 
 
 As for mixing their crams with fwect Wort, 
 Hogges-greafe or Sallet-oyle they are by experience 
 found to breed loath in the Birds,and not to feed at all, 
 onely keep this Obfervation, not to give your Capon 
 new meat untill the firft be put overj and if you find 
 your Capon fomething hard of digeftion, then you 
 fhall fift you meal finer, for the finer your meal is,the 
 fooner it will pa fie through their bodies. And thus 
 much for the Capon. Now for their infirmities, they 
 follow in order. 
 
 CHAP, 2. 
 
 Of the Pippe in poultry. 
 
 T HePippe is a white thin fcale,growing on the tip 
 of the tongue, and will make Poultry that they 
 cannot feed.-it is eafie to be difcerned,& procee¬ 
 ded! generally from drinking pudle water, from want 
 of water,or from eating filthy meat. The cure is,to pul T j, e Cure ; 
 off the fcale with your naylc,and the rub then tongue 
 with fait. • 
 
 CHAB. 3. 
 
 Of the roup in poultry. 
 
 He roup is a filthy bile or fwelling on theRump 
 ofPoultry,and wil corrupt the whole body .It i$ 
 
 01 dinarily known by the ftaring&tuming bac' 
 wards of the feathers,the cure is,to puff away thefe a -fh« Cure, 
 thers,& .opening the fore tothruft out the core, & then 
 wafh the place with fait and'water.or with Brine, and 
 it helpeth* 
 
 M 2 
 
 149 
 
 CHAP. 
 
ThegenerallCure and a Book. 
 
 C H A P. 4 
 Of the Flux in Poultry, 
 
 T He fluxinPoultry commethwith eating to much 
 moift meat. The cure is, to give them Peafe-bran 
 fcalded.and it wifi flay them. 
 
 CHAP. 5 
 Of pepping in the belly. 
 
 S Topping in the bellies of Poultry, is contrary to 
 the flux,fo that they cannot mute:therfore you fhal 
 annoint their vents, and then give them either fmal bits 
 of bread, or com iteept in mans urine. 
 
 CHAP. 6 
 
 Of Lice in Poultry. 
 
 I F your Poultry be much troubled with Lice,as it is 
 a comon infirmity ..proceeding from corrupt lood or 
 want of bathing in land, allies or fuch like: you lhall 
 take pepper fmall beaten, and mixing it with warme- 
 water,walh youPoultry therein,& it will kill all forts 
 of vermine. 
 
 CHAP. 7 . ' • 
 
 Offingiug -with venomous wormes. 
 
 I F yourPoultry be flung with any venemous thing,as 
 you may perceive by their lowring and fwelling,you 
 fhal then annoint them with Rew,ana Butter, mixt to- 
 gether,and it 1. elpeth. 
 
 CHAP. 8. 
 
 Of fore eyes in Poultry. 
 
 IF your poultry have fore eyes, you fhall take a leafe 
 or two of ground-ivy, and chawing it well in, your 
 mouth, fuck out the juy£e,and fpit it inebthe fore eye, 
 and it will moft affarCdlyheaIe it,as. it hath been' often 
 tried. ' : V ' ' • ‘ 
 
 CHAP. 
 
2 Booke. Ordering of Poultry. 
 
 CHAP.7 
 
 Of Hem that crow. 
 
 I F your Hens crow,which is an ill fign and unnatural, 
 you (hall pull their wings,and give her to eat either 
 Barley (torched, or (mail wheat, and keep her clofc 
 trom other Poultry. 
 
 CHAP. io. 
 
 Of Hem that eat their egs . 
 
 I F your Hen will eat her Eggs, you (hall onely lay 
 tor her neft egg a piece of chalk cut like an egg, at 
 which oft pecking and loofing her labour, (he will 
 refraine the evill. 
 
 CHAP. ir. 
 
 Of keeping a Hen from fitting 
 IF you would not have your Hen fit, you fhall bathe 
 •®her oft in cold water,& thruft a fmal feather through 
 hernoftrils, 
 
 CHAP.12. 
 
 ■ Of making Hens lay foone and oft. 
 
 X F you feed your Hens often with toafts taken out of 
 Ale, with barley boyld, ©r fpelted fitches,they will 
 lay loon,oft,and all the Winter. 
 
 CHAP.i 3 . 
 
 Of making Hens lean. 
 
 B Ecaufe fat hens commonly either lay their eggs 
 without fhels, or a t the beft hand lay very Imall 
 egg‘:to keep them leane and in good plight for laying, 
 you flaalmixe both their meat & water with the pow¬ 
 der of tilefheards , chalk, or eife tares 3 twice or thrice a 
 Week;' 
 
 M i_ CHAP, 
 
 1 5 i 
 
 I 
 
I 5 2 
 
 The gener all Cure of all Caitell. 
 
 2 Book. 
 
 CHAP. x 4 . 
 
 Of the Crow-trodden. 
 
 1F your Hen be trodden with a carionCrow,or Rook, 
 -las oft they are, it is mortall and incurable, and .you 
 lhal know it,by the Raring up of her feathers,and han¬ 
 ging of her wings, there is no way with her then,but 
 preiently to kill her. 
 
 CHAP. 15. 
 
 Of the Hen houfe 3 and thtfeituation. 
 
 N Ow for as much as no Poultry can bekept either 
 in health or fafety abroad, but muft ol lorce be 
 houfed,you lhal underhand that yourHen-houle would 
 be large and fpacious, with fomewhat a high roof,the 
 wals ftrong both to keep out theeves and vermme, the 
 vindoww upon the Sun riling, ftrongly lathed, and 
 clofe Units inward , roundabout theinfide of the wals 
 upon the ground would be built large pens of three 
 foot high,forGeefe,Ducks,and great fowl to fit in,near 
 to the eavings of the houfe would be longPearches,rea¬ 
 ching from one fide of the houfe to the other,on which 
 ihould fit your Cockes Hennes Capons, and Turkies, 
 each one feverallPearches,as they aredifpofed: at ano¬ 
 ther fide of the houfe in that part which is darkeft over 
 the ground pens,wouId be fixed hampers full of flraw 
 for nefts in which your Hens fhall iay their egs: but 
 when they fit to bring forth Chickens, then let them fit 
 on the ground, for otherwife it is dangerous, let there 
 be pins ftrickc-n into the waIs,fo that yourPoultry may 
 climbe to their Pearches with eafe.-let the floore by no 
 meanes be paved,but of earth,fmooth and eafie.-let the 
 fmaller fowl have a holt at one end of the houfe made 
 to come in and out at,when they pleafe-.or elfe they wil 
 feeke rouft in other places,and for the greater fowl the 
 
 door 
 
2 Bookc. Ordering of Poultry. 1 5 3 
 
 doore may be opened Evening and morningjthis houfe 
 ihould be placed either near lomeKitchin,Brewhoufe, 
 or elfe iome Kiln, where it may hav e air of the fire,and 
 be perfumed with fmoke, which to Pullen is delightful 
 and wholefome.And thusmuch of theCock,Hen,Ca- 
 pon, and Chicken. 
 
 CHAP. i 6 . 
 
 Of Geefeftbeir nature , choice ^and bow to 
 breed them. 
 
 G Eefc area fowl of great profit many ways,as fir ft 
 for ioodgicxt to their feathers,and Jaftly for their 
 greafe. They are held of Husbandmen to be fowl of 
 two lives,becaufe they live both on land and wacenand 
 therefore all men mull under ftand,that except he have 
 either Pond or Strcame,he can never keep Geefe well. 
 
 They are fo watchful andcaretul over themfelves,that 
 they will prevent moft dangers: Grafte alfo they muft 
 neceffar lly have,& the wor ft,& that which is the moft 
 ufeleffe is the beft,as that which is moorifh,rotren,and 
 unfavory for cattle. To good grafte they are a great 
 enemy,for their dung and treading will putrifie it, and 
 make it then barren. 
 
 Now for the choife of Geefe, the largeft is the beft, Q h e c f e ho><:e of 
 and the colour would be white or graymail of one pair, 
 for pyde are not fo profitable, and black are worfe: 
 your Gander would be knavifh and hardy, for he will 
 defend his Goflings the better. 
 
 Now for the laying of eggs, a Goofe beginneihto ofhyingegs 
 lay in the fpring,and fhe that layeth earlieft is ever the and fitting. 
 beftGoofe,for ihe may have a fecond hatch,Geefe wil 
 lay twelve, and fome fixtecn egs, fome will lay more, 
 but it is feidome, and they cannot be all well covered, 
 you (hail know when yourGoofe wil lay, by her car- 
 M 4 ' - rying 
 
r 54 
 
 The generall Care of all Cattell. 
 
 2 Book. 
 
 ing of ftraw up and down in her mouth,and fcattering 
 it abroad; and you ihall know when (he will fit by her 
 continuing on the Neft ftill after fhe hath layd. You 
 muft fet a Goofe upon her own egges, for fhee will 
 hardly or unkindly fit one another Gooies egs,as fome 
 imagine, but it is not ever certayne : You ihall in her 
 ftraw when you fet her,mixe nettle roots for it is good 
 for the Goflings: thirty dayes is the lull time that a 
 Goofe fitteth, but if the Weather be faireand warm, 
 fhe will hatch three or four days fooner ; ever when the 
 Goofe rifeth from the Neft, you fhall give her meat, 
 The‘ofderiflg as skegge Oates, and Branne fcalded and give her leave 
 of g offing s. t0 b at he in the Water. After Ihe hath hatched her Gof¬ 
 lings, you Ihall keep them in thehoufetenneor twelve 
 dayes,and feed them with curds, fcalded drippings, or 
 Barley-meal in milk knodden and broken, alfo ground 
 Malt is exceeding good, or any Bran that is fcalded in 
 water milk, or tappings of drinke. After they have got 
 a little ftrcngth, you may let teem go'abroad with a 
 keeper five or fixehouresin aday,and let the dam at 
 her pleafure intice them into the waterjthen bring them 
 in, and put them upland thus order them till they be 
 able to defend themfel ves from vermine. After a Gof- 
 G^resTthdr ling is a month or fixe weeks old,you may put it up to 
 fatting, feed for a green Goofe, and it will be perfectly fed in 
 another month fol!owing:and to feed them,there is no 
 meat better then skegge Oates boyld, and give plenty 
 thereof thrice a day,Morning, Noone,and Night, with 
 good ftore of milk, or milk and water mixt together 
 todrink. 
 
 -Of Garders. Now you fhal under ftand one Gander wil ferve wel 
 five Geefe,& to have not above forty Geefe in a flock 
 is beftjfor to have more is both hurtfuli & troublefoe. 
 
 Now 
 
3 Boofce. Ordering of Poultry. 1 5 5 
 
 Now for the fatting of elder Geele which are thofe • 
 
 which are five or fix months o'd,you fhal underfland 
 that after they have been in the ftubble fields, and du¬ 
 ring the time of Harveft got into go d flefh, you fhall . 
 then chufe out fuch Geefe as you will feed, 8c put them 
 in fever all pens which are clofe and dark, and there 
 feed them thrice a day with good ftore ofOats,or f pel¬ 
 ted Beans,& give them to dirink water Sc barley-meal 
 mixt together, which muff evermore {land before 
 them, this will in three weekes feed a Goofe fo fat as 
 ■is needfull, acf]er . n 
 
 Now laftly, for the gatheringof a Goofes feathers, GeeftfwAwl 
 you fhall underftand,that howloever fome writers ad- 
 vife you for a needles profit to pull yourGoofe twice 
 a arch and^ag«//:yet certainly it is very nought 
 and ill, for firfi, by difabling the flight of the Goofe, 
 you make her fubjed to the cruelty of the Fox,and o- 
 ther ravenous beafts.-and by uncloathing her snVVinter 
 you ftrike that cold into her body, which kils her very 
 iuddainly,therefore itisbeftto flay till moulting time 
 or till you kill her, and then you may imploy all her 
 feathers at your pleafure,either for beds, fletchers,or 
 Scriveners. 
 
 For the difeafes and infirmities inGeefe,the moft and ° f <w 5ar8U ' 
 worfi they are fubjed unto, is the G argil! , which is a'" ” 
 mortall or deadly flopping of the head. And the or¬ 
 dinary and certain cure is, to take three or four cloves 
 of Garlicke,and beating them in a morter with fweet The Cure] 
 Bucter,make little long bals thereof, and give two or 
 three of them to theGoofe fafling,and then fout her up 
 for tvt o houres after, 
 
 CHAP, 
 
15 9 The general! Cure of ali CatteH 2 Book. 
 
 CHAP. 17. 
 
 Of Turkiesjheir nature i ufe 3 increafe i and 
 breeding . 
 
 T llrkieSjhovvfoever by l'ome writers they are held 
 devourers of corn,ftraiersabroad,ever puling for 
 mear,& many fucli like fained trouble^as if they were 
 utterly unprofitable,yet its certain they aremoft deli¬ 
 cate,either inPafte,or from the fpit, and being fat,for 
 exceeding any other houfe-foule whatfoevennay, they 
 are kept with more eafe and leffe coft.-for they wil take 
 more paines for their food then any other Bird, onely 
 they are enimies to a garden,Sc from tnence muff ever 
 be kept. They 3 when they are young are very render to 
 bring up 3 both becaufe they have a ftraying nature in 
 themfelvcs, and the dams are lo negligent that whilft 
 lhe hath one folio wing her,(he never refpe&eth the red 
 therefore they muft have a vigilant keeper to attend 
 them 3 till they ran ihift lor themfelves,& then they vvi I 
 flock together,& leldome be parted.Til you fat tnem 3 
 you need not take care for food for themjthey love to 
 rooft in trees, or other high places, 
 of th ecboicc Now for your choice of fuch as you would breed 
 coctc Tur! ' y " on-, your Turky Cock would not be above two yeare 
 ^ ' old at moft 3 be fure that he be loving to the Chickens, 
 and for your Hen,ihe will lay til (he be fiveyeer old, 
 and upward.Your Turky-cock would be a bird large, 
 ftout,proud,&ma;efticall,for when he walketh dejeft- 
 ed,he is never good treader. 
 
 The Turky hen,, if fhe be not. prevented, will lay 
 S^ferfiniagher eggs infecret places, therefore you muft watch 
 £ her, aid bring her to your Hen-houfej and there com- 
 peli her to lay.They begin to lay in March and wil fit 
 in April, and eleven eggs, or thirteen, is the moft they 
 fhould 
 
2 Booke. Ordering of Poultry. r 5 7 
 
 fhould cover: they hatch ever betweene five and twen¬ 
 ty and thirty dayes,when they have hatcht their broods 
 be fure to keep the Chicks warm, for the leaft cold 
 kils them, and feed them either with curds, orgreene 
 frefh cheefe cut in fmall pieces,Let their drink be new 
 milk, or milk and Water:you muft be careful! to feed 
 them oft; for the Turky hen will not like theHoufe- 
 hen,call her chickens to feed them.When your Chicks 
 have got ftrength, you fhall feed them abroad in fome 
 clofe walled graffe-plat, where they cannot ftray: or 
 clfe ever be at charge of a Keeper. The dew, is moft 
 hurtfull unto them, therefore you muft houfe them at 
 night, and let them abroad after Sun rife in the mor¬ 
 ning. 
 
 Now for the fatting of Turkies/odden Barly is ex- 0/feeding 
 cellent, or fodden oates for the firft fortnight,and then Turku* 1 . S 
 for another fortnight, cram them in all forts as you 
 cram yourCapon,and they wil be fat beyond meafure. 
 
 Now for their infirmities, when they are at liberty, 
 they are fuch good Phifitians for themfelves that they 
 will never trouble their owners, but being coopt upj 
 you muft cure them as is before deferibed for Pullen.. 
 
 Their egs are exceeding wholefome to eat,.and reftore 
 nature decayed wonderfully. 
 
 CHAP. 18. 
 
 Of the Duckjmd fuch water Fowles. 
 
 T He tame Duck is an exceeding neceftary fowl for 
 theHusbandmans yard,for fhe asketh no charge in 
 keeping but liveth of com loft,or other things o f lefTc 
 pro'it. She is once in a year a very great layer of Egs, 
 and when fhe fitteth fhe craves both attedance and fee¬ 
 ding: for being reftrained from feeking her food, fhe 
 muft be helped with a little barley, or orher,over cha- 
 
 ving. • 
 
i$S The general! Cure of aUCatteS. 2 Book” 
 
 ning of come, fuch as elfe you .would give unto Swine, 
 as tor her fining,hatching and feeding of herDuckiings, 
 iris in all points to be obferved in fuch manner as you | 
 did before with the Goofe,onely after they are abroad 
 they will ihift better for their food thenGoflings will. 
 For the fatting of Ducks or Duckbngs, you may do it j 
 in three weeks, by giving them any kind of Pulfe or 
 Gr2in,and good ftore of water. 
 
 of wa- ' If you will preferve wild Ducks,you muft wall in a 
 Duckes, ynd little piece of groundjin which is tome little pond or 
 their erdendg. Spring,& cover the top of it all over with a ftrongNet: 
 
 the pond muft be fet with many tufts of Oziers,& have 
 many fecret holes & creeks in,for that wil make them 
 delight and feed though impnfoned. 7 he wild-Duck 
 when fhelayeth,will fteal from the Drake.Si hide her 
 neft,for he elfe wil fuck the e gs.When fhe hath hatcht 
 fne is inoft carefull to nourifh them,and needeth no at¬ 
 tendance more then meat,which would be given fiefin 
 twice a day,as fealded Bran,Oats or Fitches.The houfe 
 Hen will hatch wild Ducks egs, and the meat will be 
 much the better,yet every time they go into the water 
 they are in danger of the Kite, becaufe the Hen cannot 
 guard them, in the fame manner as you nourifh wild- 
 Ducks,fo you may nourifhTeiles,Widgens,Sheldrakes 
 or green Plovers. 
 
 CHAP. i 9 . 
 
 Of S leans and their feeding . 
 
 T O fpeakofthebreedingof Swans is needlefle, be¬ 
 caufe they can better order themfelves in that bu- 
 fineffe then any man can direft them,onely where they 
 build theirNefts,you fhaii fuffer them to remain undi- 
 fturbed, and it will be fuflirient:but for the feeding of 
 them fat for die difh,you fhal feed yourCygnets in all 
 
 forts 
 
2 Boo k , Ordering of Poultry. 159 
 
 forts as you feed yourGeefe,and they will bethorow 
 fat in feven or eight weeks, either chopt in the houfe, 
 or elfe walking abroad in fome privat ciurtjbut if you 
 would have them fat in fhorter fpace,then you fhal feed 
 them in fome pond,hedg’d or pail’d in for the purpofe, 
 having a little dry grouiid left -where they may'fit and 
 prune themfelves, & you'liaay place two troughs, one. 
 full ofBarley & Wter 3 the other ful of olddried Malt, 
 on which they may feed at their pleafure,and thus do- 
 ing,they wil be fafin lefie then four-weeks: for by this 
 means a Swan keepeth 'rhirrifelf heat,- ‘and clean , 
 who being a much defiled bird,livethin'clry places- 1 : fo 
 uncleanly that they cannot profper, unleue his atten- 
 der be diligent to d re fie and trimme his walk every 
 
 hour, ■ .■ ■- \ ■ 
 
 CHAP. 20'. 
 
 Of Peacocks^ and'-Peahensf tlieir increafe aud . 
 
 ' -■ ordering. 
 
 P E acocks,ho wfoe v e r our old-writers are plea fed to 
 deceive themfelves in their praifes, are birds more 
 to delight the eie by’looking on them,then for any par¬ 
 ticular profit;thebeft comodity arifing from them,be- 
 iag the cleanfing and keepingof the yard free from ve¬ 
 nomous things as Toads, Newts,and fucR like,which. is 
 their daily food:whence it comCs,that their fiefh is vefy 
 unwholefome,and ufed in-great banquets more for the 
 rareneffe th .n the nourifhmcnt ; for it is moft certaine, 
 roaft a Peacock of Peahen never fo dry, then fet it up, 
 and look ditit the neC'day^andit will bebloodraw, as 
 if it badnpf.been ro ified at all. 
 
 ThePdahenloves to day her egs abroad in bufnes 
 and hedges,where the Cocke may not findtheni, for if 
 he do, he will break them; therefore as foon as fhe be¬ 
 gins 
 
l^o The gtRer&U cureand' '2.Book. 
 
 gins to Iay,feperate her from.the Cock, and houfe her 
 txli fihe have brought forth her young,and that the cro- 
 net of feathers begin to rife at their ioreheads,and then 
 turn them abroad, and the Cock will love them'i but 
 not before. A Peahen fits juft/thirty days,& inherfit- 
 - ting any grain,with water, is food good enough before 
 your Chickens go abroad, you., ihall feed them with 
 frefli green Cheefe,and Barley-meal; with water; but 
 after they go abroad,the Dam will provide for them. 
 The beft time,tp fet a Peahen is at the beginning of the 
 Moone, and if you let Hen-egs amongft her egs, (lie 
 willnouriihbpthequal!y.ThefePea-chickens are very 
 undcr,and the leaft cold doth killthem,therefore you 
 * mu ft have care to keep them warm, 8c not to let them 
 go abroad but when the Sun fhineth. Now for the 
 feeding ol them,it is alabout you; may well fave,for if 
 they go in a place where there- is any corn ftirring, 
 they will have part, and being meat which is feldome 
 or never eaten, it matrereth not fo much for their fat¬ 
 ting.- 
 
 . • CHAP. 2i.. 
 
 _ t Of the tame Pidgeon % pr ruff footed. 
 
 ' | He tame rough footed Fidgeon differs not much 
 ^ from the;vyildPidgeon,onely they are fome what 
 bigger and more familiar, , apt to be tamc;they com¬ 
 monly bring not forth above one pair of Prdgeons at a 
 , time,& thofc which are the leaft of body are ever the 
 ‘ bcftbrederSjthey muft have their rooms&boxes made 
 clean once a.week; for they delight much in neatneffe, 
 &if the wals be outwardly whited or painted,tHey love 
 it the better/or they delight much in fafr Buildings. 
 They will bring forth their young ones once a month 
 . jf they be well fed,& after they be well paird .they wil 
 
 nevei 
 
2 Book. 
 
 Ordering of Poultry. 
 
 never be divided. The Cock is a very loving and natu 
 rail Bird,both to his Hen and the young ones, and will 
 fit-the ess while the Hen feedeth, as the Hen Tits 
 whileft he feedeth:he will alfo feed the young with ^as 
 much painfulnelfe as the dam doth, and is belt plealed 
 when he is broadingthem.Thefekmdoi Pidgeom you 
 fhall feed with white Peafe, Tares and goodftoreol 
 clean water. In the room where they lodge you fhall 
 ever have a fait- Cat for them to peck on,& that which 
 is gathered from Saltpeter is the beft: alfo they would 
 have good ftore of dry Sand, gravel' and Pybble, to 
 Bath and cleanfe themfelves: withal,and above all things 
 great care taken, that no vermin, or other Birds come 
 into their Boxes, efpecially Sterlings, and fuch like, 
 whip are great Eg-fuckers. And thusmuce of the tame 
 Pidseon. - ; ' - 
 
 ; . CHAP. 22. 
 
 0/ nourishing and fatting hearneS 3 
 Puetsfluls , and Bitters. 
 
 H Earns are nourifhed for two cauiesj either for 
 Princes {ports’to make trains for the entring their 
 Hawkes or elfe to furnifh on the table at great feafts: 
 the maner of bringing them, up with the leaf! charge, is 
 to take them out of theirnefts before they can fly,&put 
 them into a large.high bam,where there is many high 
 and crofle beams for them to pearch on: then to have 
 on the floor divers fquare boards with rings in them, 
 and between every board which would be two yards 
 lquare, to place round fhallow tubs full of waterjthen 
 to the boords you fhall ty great gobbets of dogs flefh, 
 cut from the bones,acording to the number Vvhieh you 
 feedrand be lure to keep the houfe fweet,and fhift the 
 water 
 
6z The general! Cure and 2 Book- 
 
 water oft,onely the houfe mu ft be made fo. that it may 
 rain in now and then, in •.•which' the Hearn.will take 
 much dehght.But i£you feedfler for the difti,then you 
 fhali feed them with Livers,and the intralls of Beafts, 
 and fuch like, cut in grcargobbets^and this manner of 
 feeding will alio fcedeither Gull,PnetjOr Bitter: but 
 the Bitter is ever beft to befed by: the hand,’ becaufe 
 when you have fed him, you may. tye his beake toge¬ 
 ther, or he will caft up his meat again. 
 
 . .CHAP. 3 
 
 Of feeding the- Partri dge^Pb enfant^ and Quaile, 
 
 T Hefe three are themoft daintieft of all ocher birds, 
 and tor thcPhefantorPartridge yon may teed them 
 both in one room where you may have little boxes 
 where they may run and hide themfelves in divers cor¬ 
 ners of the roomjthen in the midft you fhali have three 
 wheat fheaves, two with their ears upward, and one 
 with the ears downward, and near unto them fhalloyv 
 mbs with water,that the Fowle may peck the wheat 
 out of theeares, and drink at their pleafures, and by 
 this manne r of feeding you ihall have 'them as fa t as is 
 poffible: as for your Quaile, the beft feeding them is 
 in long flat fhaljow boxes,each boxe able to hold two 
 or three dozen,the formoft. fide being fie with round 
 pins fo thicke thaxrhe Quaile do. noi more but "put out 
 her head,then’ before thatropeh fide, fhali ft and one 
 tr- ugh ful of ftnaliehilterrwheat,anotherwith water, 
 and thus in oneiotmigtooi three weeks you fhal have 
 them exceeding!fktv; b ■' v; -;.•-» "• - 
 l:i.. .GHAiP., 24. • ■- ■■ 
 
 Of GodvitSyXntns^Grayf lover, or Curlewes- 
 T^Or to feedanyof thefe towles which are ofteemed 
 X! of all other the daintieft. and deareft, fine Chilrer- 
 wheat 
 
2 Book-, Ordering of Ut&kes. 
 
 wheat, and water given them thrice a day. Morning, 
 Noon,and Night,will do it very effe&ually;but it you 
 intend to have them extraordinary and crammed fowl, 
 then you fhall take the fineft dreft wheat-naeale, and 
 mixing it with milk,make it into pafte,and ever as you 
 knead it,fprinkle into it the grains of final chiiter-wheat, 
 till the pafte be fully mixt therewith j then make little 
 final crams thereof,and dipping them in water, give to 
 every fowl according to his bigneffe,ar»d that his gorge 
 be well filledrdothus as oft as you fhall find their gor¬ 
 ges empty,and in one fortnight they will he fed beyond 
 meafure,and with thefe crams you may feed any fowl, 
 of what kind or nature foever. 
 
 CHAP. 25. 
 
 Of feeding Black-birds Tbrufiesf elfaresjr any 
 frnali Birds whatfoever. 
 
 T O feed thefe Birds/being taken old and wild, it is 
 good to have fome of their binds tame to mixe a- 
 snong them, and then putting them into great Cages of 
 three or four yards fquare, to have divers troughs pla¬ 
 ced therein, fome filled with Haws, fome with Hemp - 
 feed,and fome with water, that the tame teaching the 
 wild to eat,and the wild finding fiich change and altera¬ 
 tion of food,they will in 12. or 14. dayes grow excee¬ 
 ding fat,and fit for the ufe of the Kftchin. - 
 
 The end of the Poultry, 
 
The Cure and 
 
 i Book. 
 
 Of Hawser. 
 
 CHAP. x. 
 
 Of the general! Cures for all Difeafes and Infirmities in 
 Hawkesjwhether they be fitort winged Hatrkes , or long 
 winged Hasvks j andfirft of Castings. 
 
 H Awkes arc divided into two kind,that is to fay, 
 fhort winged Hawks; as theGoshawk, and her 
 fcrcell, the Sparrow-Hawk and her Musket, 
 & iuch hke,whofe wings are fhorter then their trains, 
 and do belong to the O ftringer:and long winged hankes 
 as the Faulcon-gentle,and her Tercell, the Gerfaulcon 
 and ]erkin,the Lanner.Merlin,Hobby ,and divers others. 
 Now,foraimuch as cneir infirmities for the moft part, 
 proceed from the indilcretion of their Governours, if 
 they fiie them out of feafon before they be infeamed & 
 have the fat,glut,and filthinefs of their bodies fcoured 
 and cle2nfed out, I think it not amifle firft to fpeak of 
 Hau ^'pcaftmgs^wluch arc the naturalleft and gent left 
 purges or fcounngs a Hank can take,and doth the leaft 
 offend the vitall parts. Therefore,yoU fhall know, that 
 all Oft angers doefteem plumage,and the foft feathers 
 of final Birds,with fome part of the; kin to be the beft 
 cafting a fhort winged hank can take; and for the pur- 
 . ging of her head, to make her tyer much upon fheeps 
 Rumps, the fat cut away, and the bones well covered 
 with parcely. But for long winged Hanks jht beft ca¬ 
 lling is fine Flannell, cut into fquare pieces of an inch 
 - and 
 
2 Book. Ordering of Hawkesff: ■ _ 1 ^5 
 
 and a half iquare,and all co jagge^dnd&f given with a 
 little bit of meat. By thefe callings,you fhall know the 
 foundnefs and unloundnefs of yourHawk.do when ihe 
 hath call, you fhall take up the calling, which will be 
 like a hard round pellet, lomewhat long, - and prefle it 
 between your fingers,and if you find nothing but cleer 
 water come froimt,then it is a fign yourHawk is found 
 andlufty; if their come from it a yellowilh or filthy 
 matter,or if it flink,it is a fign of rottennefs and difeafe* 
 but if it be greazy or flimy on the one fide, then it is a 
 figu the Hawk is full of grcafe inwardly, which is not 
 broken nor diffolvedrand then you fhal giue her a fcou- 
 ring,whichis a much ftronger purgation,and offcou- 
 rings the gentleft, next calling, is to take four or five 
 pellets of the yellow root of Selladine well cleanfed 
 from filth, being as big as great peafe, and give them 
 out of water early in a morning when the Hawke is fa- 
 ftng,and it will cleanfe her mightily. 
 
 If you take thefe pellets of Selladine, and give them 
 out of the oyl of Refespr out of the firrup ot Refes fit is a 
 moft excellent fcouringalfo,onely it will for an houre 
 or two make the Hawke fomewhat fickifh.lt you give 
 you r Hawk a little Moes Cieamnejzs much as a Btane, 
 
 .wrapt up'in her meat, it is a moft foveraign fcouring, 
 and doth not onely avoid Greafe, but alfo killeth all 
 ■ forts of worms whatfoever. 
 
 If yourHawk by over-flying,or too foon flying, be 
 heated and inflamed in her body , as they are much^ 
 fubjedt thereunto : you fhall then to cool their bodies’ 
 give them Stones. Thefe Stones are very fine white 
 pibbles,lying in the Sands of gravelly Rivers, the big- 
 uefs whereof you may chute according to ihe bignefle 
 of your Hawke as fome no bigger then a Beane, and 
 N 2 ~ thofe 
 
1 66 
 
 The Cure and 2 Book. 
 
 thofe be for Merlins or Hobbies , fome as big as two 
 Beans, and they are for Faulcons gentle, Lanners, and 
 fach like; and fome much bigger then they,which are 
 for Gerfaulcons,or fuch like. And thefe ftones if they 
 be full of crefts and welts, they are the better,for the 
 rougheft ftone is the beft,/a it be fmoth 3 andnot greet ). 
 And you (hall underfrand, that (tones are moft proper 
 for long-wing’d-hawks,and the numberwliich you fhai 
 give at the moft muft never exceed'15. for 7 is a good 
 number,fo isp or 11. according as you find the hawks 
 heat,more or leffe: and thefe (tones muft ever be given 
 out of fair water, having belore very well pickt and 
 trirn’d from all durt or filthinefle. Ana thus 'much of 
 Hashes caftings,fcourings,and ftones. 
 
 CHAP. 2. 
 
 Of ImpofumeS in Htwkes. 
 
 T F your Hawke have any impofture rifing upon her, 
 which is apparent to be feen,you flial take Iwcetfoi- 
 ./?/tf,andboyl them in Wine, and thencrufhing them, 
 lay them warm to the fore, and it will both ripen and 
 heal it: only it ill all 6egood to fcoure your Hawk ve¬ 
 ry 7 well inwardly, for that will abate the fiuxe of all e- 
 rill humours. 
 
 CHAP. 3. 
 
 Of all fort) of fore eyes. 
 
 F Or any fore eye,there is nothing better then to take 
 the j uyce of ground Ivie, and drop it into the eye. 
 But if any web be grown before you,ufe this medicine, 
 then you fhall take Ginger finely fearft,and blow it in¬ 
 to theeye,apd it will break the web, then ufe the juyce 
 of!yie,ajid it will wear it away. 
 
 “ CHAP. 
 
2 Book. 
 
 Ordering of Hawk es. 
 
 C H A P. 4. 
 
 Of the Pontas in Hawkes. 
 
 T He Pantas is a flopping or fhortnefle of winde in 
 Hawkes, and the cure is, to give her the fcowring 
 of Selladine,and the oyl of Rofes,and then to wafh her 
 meat in the decodhon of Colts-foot, and it will help her. 
 W.c CHAP. 5. 
 
 0f cafing the gorge. 
 
 T His is when a Hawk, either through meat which 
 the cannot digeft,ot through furfet in feeding,ca- 
 fleth up the meat which (he hath eaten,which is moft 
 dangerous. And the only way to cure her, is to keepe 
 her lading,and to feedher with a very little at once of 
 vvarmbloudy meat, as not above half a Sparrow at a 
 time,and be fure never to feed her again, till ihehave 
 indued thefirft. 
 
 CHAP. 6 . 
 
 Of all forts of Worms,or F-danders in Hawkes. 
 
 W Orms or Fylander-,which are a kidd of worms 
 in Hawks, are either inward or ou t ward: in¬ 
 ward, as in the guts or mtrales; or outward, as in any 
 joyntor member.- if they be inward, the fcowring of 
 Aloes is excellent to kali them;but if they be outward, 
 then you fhall bathe the place with the juyce of the 
 hearb Ameos mixt with 1 honey. 
 
 CHAP. 7. 
 
 Of all fuelling in Hawks feet , and of the pin in 
 thee foot. 
 
 F Or the pin in the foie of the Hawkes foot: or for 
 any fwellmgupon the foot ,wh ether it be fin or ha r d 3 
 there is not any thing more foveraign, then to bath it 
 in Patch-greefe moulten, and applied to exceeding hot, 
 N 3 and 
 
The generall Cure--and 
 
 •2 Book. 
 
 and then to fold a fine Cambrick rag dipt in the lame 
 sreafe about the fore. 
 
 CHAP. 8. 
 
 Of the breaking of a pounce. 
 
 T His is a very dangerous hurt in Hawks, efpeci- 
 ally in Gertuulcons-, for if you lhal bleak or riye 
 her pounce, or bur coape it fo iliOrt that fhee 
 bleed,though it be very little, yet it will indanger her 
 hfe:.the cure therefore is presently upon the hurt, with 
 a hot wyar to fear it fill theMoud fanch,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. <>. • 
 
 • Of bones broke ,or out of )oyftt. 
 
 T F your Hawke have any bone broke or mifplaced, 
 1 you (hall after you have let it, bark it with the oylc- 
 oiMandrAg and Swallows, mixt together, and then 
 fp lent'it,, and in nine dayes it will be knit and have got¬ 
 ten ftrength.- 
 
 CH AP. xo. 
 
 Gf inward bruifngs in Hawkes. 
 
 F your Hawk either by ftooping amongft trees, or 
 bv the incounter of fome f<W,get any lnward bruife, 
 which you fnalL know by theblacknds or bloudineffe 
 of their mutes, you fhall then annoint her meat every 
 time you feed her with Sperma-C(£t£, till her mutes bee 
 clear eoain and let her meat be warm and bloudy .- 
 * 5 CHAP. II. 
 
 Of killing of Lice. 
 
 1F your Hawk be troubled with lice, which is a ge- 
 i rail infirmity, and apparent, for you ftulifee them 
 creep all over on the ouffide of herfethers ; ii ihe ltana 
 
 1 
 
2 Book. Ordering of Hankes. 1 $9 
 
 butinthe ayr of the fire. You fhall bath her all over 
 in warm-water and pepper fmall beaten; but be fure 
 that the water be not too hot; for that is dangerous, 
 neither that it touch her eyes. 
 
 CHAP. 12. 
 
 Of the Rye in Hawkes. 
 
 'THis difeafe of the Rye in Hawkes proceedeth from 
 two caufesjlJbf one is cold and poze in the head , the o- 
 thtr is foul and mo ft uncleanly fee dingjhe Fau leaner be¬ 
 ing negligent to feake and cleanfe his hawkes beake and 
 nares , but fujjertng the blond and fUtbinejje of meat to 
 fticke and cleave thereunto. For indeed,the infirmity is 
 nothing elfe but a flopping up of the nares: by meanes 
 whereof, the Hawke not being able to caft and avoid 
 the corruption of her head,it turns to putrifaclion,and 
 in fhort fpace kills the Hawk .-and this difeafe is a great 
 deale more incident to fhort winged Hawkes then to 
 loug.The figns whereof are apparent by the flopping of 
 the nares. the cure is, to let your Hawk tyer much vp- The Cute, 
 on finewie and bony meatus the rumps ofMuttonfthe 
 fat being taken away ) or the pinions of the wings of 
 fowljCitncr being well lapr in a good handfull of Par¬ 
 ley and forcing her to ftrain hard in the tearing of the 
 fame,and with much diligence to cleanfe and wa fh her 
 beak cleanwith water after her feeding' efpecialy if her 
 meatwere warm and bloudy. 
 
 CHAP. i 3 . 
 
 Of the Frounce. 
 
 T HeFrounce is a cankerous ulcer in a Uaveks mouth, 
 got by over-flying,or other inflamation proceed¬ 
 ing from the in ward parts,foul& unclean food is alfo a 
 great ingenderer of this difeafe. ; he figns are a forenes 
 in the Hawks mouth, which fore will be fui’d and co- 
 N 4. ver’d 
 
17 ° 
 
 The general?me and r 2 Book. j 
 
 vex’d over with white fcurf,or fuch like filthinefs$alfo $ 
 if the Ulcer be deep and ill, the Hawke will winde and | 
 turn her head awrie, making her beak hand upright: ? 
 and the cure is to take A Home , and having beaten it to 
 fine powder,mixe it withftrong VVine-vinegar, till it 
 be fomewhat thick,***/ tbenwafb andrub the [ore there* 
 with till it be raw,and that the jcurf be clean taken away. 
 Then take the juyce oiLolljam^nA the juyce of Radifh, 
 and mixing it with Salt,annoint the fore therewith,and 
 in few dayes it will cure it. 
 
 CHAP. 14. 
 
 Of the Rhume. 
 
 T HeRhume is a continuall running or dropping at 
 , the Hawks aares, proceeding from a generail cold, 
 or elie from over-flying, and then a fudden cold taken 
 thereupon,it ftoppeth the head, and breeds much cor¬ 
 ruption therein, and the figns are,the dropping before- 
 faid,and a generail heavintffe,and fomtimes a fwelling 
 of the head. The cure is ,to take the juyce of Beets, and ■ 
 [quirt it oft into the Hawkes n&res . Then when you feed j 
 her,wafh her meat in the juyce of Broomewort, and it j 
 will quickly purge,and fet her found. 
 
 CHAP 15. 
 
 Of the F arnicas in Hawkes. 
 
 T He Fomicas in Hawkes is a hard hom growing up¬ 
 on the beake of a Hawke, ingendered by a poyfo- 
 nous and cankerous worm, which fretting the skin and 
 tender yellow welt between the head and the bcake,oc- 
 cafioneth that hard hom or excreflion to grow and of¬ 
 fend the bird:the fign is the apparant fight of the horn, 
 and the cure is, to take a little of a Buis gall,and beating 
 it with Aloes , annoint the Hawkes beake therewith mor- 
 
2 Book. Ordering of Poultry, Zji 
 
 ning and evening, and it mil in very few dayes take the 
 horn away. 
 
 CHAP, is. 
 
 Of the Ft Hula in Hawkes . 
 
 T He Fiftula inHawks is a cankerous hollow ulcer 
 in any part of a Hawkes body, as it is in mens, 
 beafts,or any other creature:the figns are a con¬ 
 tinual! mattering, or running of the fore, and a thin 
 fharp water like lie,which as it fals from the fame will 
 fret the found parts as it goeth : the cure is with a fine The Cure> 
 fmall wyar, little ftronger then a virginal wyar, and 
 wrapt dole about with a foft {leaved filk, & the point 
 blunt and foft, to fearch the hollownefs and croosed- 
 nefs of the vicer,which the pliantnefle of the wyar will 
 eafily do -,and then having found out the hot tome thereof, 
 draw forth the wyar, and according to the bignefje of the 
 Orifice,makj a tent of fine lint being wet,which may hke- 
 ipife bend as the wyar did, and be within a very little as 
 long as the ulcer is deep, for to tent it to the full length is 
 inland will rather increafe then diminifb the Fifiula,and 
 therefore ever as the Ft (tula he ales,you muft take the tent 
 jhorter and floor ter. But to the purpofe, when you have 
 made your tent fit, you jhall firft take fir ong Adame wa¬ 
 ter, and with a fmallferindgefquirt the fore three or four 
 times therewith, for that will clean]e 2 dry, and fcour every ' 
 hellowne/je in the vicer : then take the tent and annoint 
 it with the j uyce of the hearb Roberte,vinegar, and Al. 
 lome mixt together,and it will dry up the fore. 
 
 CHAP. 17. 
 
 Of the privie evill in HaA\kes„. 
 
 'jHe privie evill in Hawkes is a fecrer heart ficknefTe, 
 
 ' procured either by over-flying } corrupt food, cuid* 
 
Tits generall Cure and 2 Book. 
 
 or other diforderiy keepings but moll efpecialy for 
 want of {tones or calling in the due feafonrthe figns are 
 heavineffeof headland countenance,evil enduing offer 
 meat,and foulblack mutings.The cure is to take mor¬ 
 ning 6c evening a good piece of a warm Sheeps heart, 
 
 . and fteeping it either in new Alfes-milk or new Goats 
 milk, or for want of both,the new milk of a red Cow, 
 with the fame to feed your Hank^ till you fee her j 
 ftrength and lull recovered. 
 
 G H A P. 18. 
 
 Of wounds in HartkeS. 
 
 T~ T Awks by the croffe incounters of fowls efpecialy. 
 
 JL I the Heron,by {looping amongft bufhes, thorns, 
 trees, and by divetsfuch accidents, doe many times 
 catch fore Sc moft grievous wounds-the figns whereof 
 are the outward apparcncc of the fame .And the cure is, 
 if they be long ana deep, and in place that you may 
 conveniently, fir ft to flitch them up, and then to ta inr, 
 them up with a little ordinary Ealfamum 3 znd it is a pre- 
 fent remedy. Bur if it be in fuch a place as you cannot 
 come to ftich it up,you fhal then onely take a litle lint 
 and dip it in the juice of the hearb called Mouf tare. Sc 
 apply it to the lore and it will ihort fpace heal it. But 
 if it be in fuch a place as you can by n o means bind 
 any thing thereunto, you fhal then onely annoint or 
 bath the place with the aforefaid juyee, and it wil heal 
 and dry up the lame in very fhort timejthe juyee of the 
 green hearb called with us, Englijb Tobacco , will like- 
 wife do ihe faxac: for it Hatha very fpeedy courfe in 
 healing and cleanfing,as hath been approved by divers 
 of the beft Faulconers of this kingdom,& other Ratios. 
 
2 Book. 
 
 Ordering cf Haivkes. 
 
 CHAP. i<?. 
 
 Of the Appoplexie,«r falling euill in Hashes, 
 
 T HcAppoplexy or falling evil ofHavvks.is a certain 
 vertigo or dizincfle in the brain, proceeding from 
 the opprelfion of cold humours, which do for a certain 
 fpace numb,Sc as it were mortifie the fenfes: the flgns 
 arc a fuddain turning up the Hawks head, and falling 
 from her pearch without bating,butonely with a gene¬ 
 ral I trembling o\er all the body,and lying fo,as it were 
 in a trance a little fpace. fhee prefently rcco\ eret/i,and 
 rifeth up again,but is fick and heavy many hours after. 
 
 The cure therefore is to gather the bearb Aderion The Cure, 
 when the Moon is in the Wain,and in the figne Wgo, 
 and taking the juyee thereof to wafh you Hawks meat 
 therein,and fo fcedher,aud it hath been found a raoft 
 foveraisn medicine. 
 
 CHAP. 20. 
 
 oi the purging of Hashes. 
 
 T Hdre is nothing more needfull to Hawks then 
 purgatios & clcafingsjfor they are much fubjedt 
 to fat&foulnefs of body inwardly,& their exer- 
 cife being much and violent,if there be negle<a,arw that 
 their glut be not taken away,it will breed ficknefle and 
 death^therefore it is the part of every skilful Faulcocr 
 to underftand Low,& when to purge his Hawk,which 
 is generally ever beiore fhe be brought to flying: and 
 themoft nfu^left feafon for the fame,kbefore die be¬ 
 ginning of eiutumne^LOT commonly knowing Gentle¬ 
 men will not fly at ti e Partridge till corn be from the 
 ground-, and if he prepare for the River early, he will 
 liktwife begin with that feafon the beft purgation 
 then that you cm give yeur Wmf is Aloes Cic,urine 
 wrapt up m warme meat, the quantity of a French 
 Peafe, 
 
174 The getter all Cure and 2 Book. 
 
 peafe,and fo given the Hawk to cat ever the next mor¬ 
 ning after the hath flown at any train, or taken other 
 exercife, whereby fhc might break or diflolve the 
 grcafe within her. 
 
 CHAP. 21. 
 
 For a Hawk that cannot mutt. | 
 
 I F your Havk cannot mute, as it is a common infir- j 
 mity which happeneth unto them .you fhail take the 
 lean of pork,being newly kild, jvhiieft it is warme, to 
 the quantity of two Wall-nuts, and lapping a httle 
 Aloes therein,give it to the Hawk to eat,and it wil prc- 
 fently help her. There be divers gooe Faulconers in 
 this cafe,which will take the roots o{Sdandine£x\& ha¬ 
 ving cleanfed it, and cut it into little fquare pieces as 
 big as peafe,fteep it in the oyl ot Rofes, and fo make 
 the HjjF^fwallow down three or four of them , and 
 fure this is very good and wh’olefome,only it wil make 
 the Hawk exceeding fick for two or three hours after. 
 Neither mu ft the Hawk be in any weak ftate of body, 
 when this latter medicine is given her. Alfo^you muft 
 obferve to keepe your Hawke at thofc times exceeding 
 warm,and much on your fift,and to feed her moilwith 
 war-m Birds, leaft otherwife you clung and dry up her 
 intrales too much, which is both dangerous and mor- 
 tall. 
 
 CHAP.22 . 
 
 The afluredsi fign to know when a Hawk is ficke.- 
 
 H Awkes are generally of fuch a ftout, ftrong. and 
 unyeelding nature, that they will many times co¬ 
 ver &conceal their fickneffes fo long til they be grown 
 to that extremity, that no help of phyfickc, or other 
 knowledge can avaiiefor their fafeties: for when the 
 countenance,or decay of ftoaaack, which are the ordi¬ 
 nary 
 
2 Book. Orderi ng ofHdwkes, 
 
 nary outward faces of infirmities appear, then com¬ 
 monly is the difeafe paft remedy: therefore to prevent 
 that evill, and to know fickneife while# it may be cu¬ 
 red, you fhall take your Hawke, and, turning up her 
 train 5 if you fee that her tuell or fundament either IV/el- 
 leth or looketh red,or if her eys or nares hkewife b'e of 
 a fiery complexion,# is a moft infallible figne fqat the. 
 Hawk is fiek,and much out of temper. 
 
 CHAP. 23. 
 
 Of the Fever in Hawkes. 
 
 H Awkes arc as much fubjecl to Fevers,as any crea¬ 
 tures whatfoever,and for the moft part they pro¬ 
 ceed from over-flying, or other extraordinary heates, 
 mixt with fudden colds, given them by the negligence 
 of unskilfull Keepers^and the cure is,lo fet her in a ceole 
 placeman apearch, wrapt about with her cloaths, & feed 
 her oft with-a little at a time of Chickens flefh fieepe'din 
 water ^wherein hath been foaked Cowcumberfeeds. But if 
 you find by the flopping of her nares or head, that fhee is 
 offended mere with cold then heat,then you Jhall fet her in 
 a warme place , and feed her with the bloudyfiejh #/Pige- 
 ons jvajbt either in white wine, or in water , wherein hath 
 been boyled either Sage, Marjoram,or Camomill. 
 
 CHAP. 23. 
 
 To help a Hawk that cannot difgeft her meat. 
 
 T F your Hawk be hard of digeflion, and neither can 
 turn it over,nor empty her panel,which is very often 
 feen,you fhall then take the heart of a Frog, : and thru# 
 it down into her throat, and pull itbackagaine by a 
 thread faftned thereunto once or twice fuddcnly, and it 
 will tnake her caft her gorge prefeptly. 
 
 *75 , 
 
 The cure. 
 
 CHAP. 
 
The Nature and 
 
 2 Book. 
 
 17* 
 
 CHAP. 25. 
 
 * Of the Gout in Hartkes. 
 
 H ^s%s 3 efpecially thofe which are free and firong 
 ftri&ers,are infinitly fubje£t to the Gout,which is 
 a iwelling,knotting, and contra&ing of zHawkes feet. 
 The cure thcrof is,to cake wo or three drops ot bloud 
 from her thigh vcin,a little above her knee, & then an- 
 nomt her feet with the juyee of the hearb Hollyhock ,and 
 kt all her pearch be annointed alfo with tallow,and the 
 juyee of that hearb mixt together. Now,if this Difeafe 
 fas oft it happeneth)be in a Hawkes \ving 5 thenyou fhal 
 take two or three drops of bloud from the vein under 
 her wing,and then annoint the pinions and in fide thereof 
 with Vfiguenthum de Althea made very warme, which' 
 you may buy of every Apothecary. 
 
 CHAP. r 6 . 
 
 Of thefl&unching of bloud. 
 
 I T is a knowne experience amongft the beft Faulco- 
 ners 3 that if theGerfaulcon fhal but lofe two or three 
 drops of bloud 3 itis mortall,and the Hawk will die fo- 
 dainly after; which to prevent, if the bloud proceed 
 from any pounce, which is 010ft ordinary, then upon 
 the inftant hurr, you fhall take a little hard Merchants 
 waxc,and drop it upon the foare, and it will prefently 
 ftopit;ifit be upon any other partof tbekswifi body, 
 you fhall clap thereunto a little of the foft Down of a 
 Hare,andit wil immediatly ftanch it;and without thefe 
 two trungs,a good Faulconer fhould never go,for they 
 are to De ufed in a moment. And thus much of the 
 Hawk,and her Difeafes. 
 
 Of 
 
Of Bees. 
 
 CHAP. i. 
 
 0 / the nature 3 ordering 3 and prefervation of Bees. 
 
 O F all the Creatures which are behovefull for 
 he ufe of man, there is none more neceffary, 
 wholelome,or more profitable then the Bee, 
 nor ai ,y iclfe troublefome,or leffe chargable.To fpeake 
 then firfl of the nature of Bees, it is a creature gentle, °f 
 loving,and familiar about the man, which hath the or¬ 
 dering of them, fo he come neat, fweet, and cleanly a- 
 mongft them:otherwife,if he have ftrong, and ill fmel- 
 ling favours about him, they are curft and malicious, 
 and will fling fpitefullyithey arc exceeding induftrious 
 and much given to labour,they have a kind of govern¬ 
 ment amongft themfelves,4i it were a well-ordered com¬ 
 mon-wealth jvery one obeying and following their King or - 
 Commander,whofe voice (if you lay your ear to the hive ) 
 you fhall diftingnifh from the refjseing louder and grea¬ 
 ter 3 and beating with a morefolemn meafure : they delight 
 to live amongft the fweeteft hearbes and flowers that 
 may bejefpecially,Fennel,and wall Gilly-flowers, and 
 therefore their beft dwellings are in Gardens: and in 
 thefe Gardens,or neer adjoyning thereunto, would be 
 divers Fruit trees growing, chiefly plum-trees, or 
 peach-trees.; in winch,when they call, they, may knit, 
 without taking any far flight,or.wandiing to findeout 
 their rr ft : this Garden alio would oe well fenced, 
 
 The nature 
 Beer, 
 
 that no Swine nor other Cattle may come therein, as 
 well for overthrowing their hives 3 as alto for offending 
 " them 
 
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 them with all other ill favours. They arc alfo very ten¬ 
 dered may by no mean? endure any cold; wherefore 
 you mu ft have a great refpedb to have their houfes ex¬ 
 ceeding warme, clofe, ana tight, both to keep out the 
 frofts and fnowes,as alfo the wet and rain $ which if it 
 . once enter into the Hive,it is a prefent deftru&ion. 
 
 'z‘ 5 c To fpeak then of the Bee-hive, you (hall know there 
 be divers opinions touching the fame, according to the 
 cultomes and natures of Countries j for in theCham- 
 pain Countries,where there is very little (lore of woods s 
 they maketheir hives of long Rie-ftraw, the roulesbe- 
 ing lowed together with Bryers j and thefe Hives are 
 larie and deep , and even proportioned like a Sugar-loaf, 
 andcrojje-bar d within^ with flat fplints of wood, both a- 
 fove and under the midff part : in other Champaine 
 Countries where there wanteth Rye-draw, they make 
 them ofWheat-ftra\v,as in the Weft Countries ., and 
 thefe Hh es are of a good compaffbut very low andflat , 
 which is naught , for a Hive is better for his largenejje, 
 andkeepeth out rain befi when it is [harpeft. In the Wood- 
 Countries thCy-make them of cloven naifels, watteld a- 
 bout 5 br'oadfplints of Alh, and fo formed, as before I 
 faid,Hke a Sugar-loafe. 
 
 ■ And thefe hives are of all other the beft, fo they bee 
 large and fmooth within,for the ftraw hive is fubjedt to 
 breed Mice,; and nothing deftroyeth Bees fooner then 
 they, yet you mu ft be governed by your ability, and 
 fuch thing« as the foyl affords. 
 
 r tbs trim- Now for the wood-hive which is the beft, you fhall 
 n s cf '-he thus trim and prepare it for your Bees: you-fhall firft 
 r *‘ makea liiffe moirer OfLime and Cow-dung, mixed 
 
 together ; arid then-having croflc-barred the Hive with¬ 
 in, daube the outft'de of the Hive with the morter, at 
 
 leaf! 
 
2 Booke. Ordering of Sees. _ l 79 
 
 leaft three inches thick, down clofe unto th« ftone, fo 
 that die leaft ayre may not come in:then taking a Rye- 
 fheafe,or Wheat-fheafe; or two that is balted.and not 
 thraftied,and chufing out the longeft Straws, bind the 
 ears together in one lump,put it over the Hive, and fo 
 as it were thatch it all over,and fix it clofe to the Hive 
 with an old hoop,or garth, and this will keepe the Hive 
 inwardly as warm as may be : alfo, before you lodge 
 any Bee in your Hive,yo« {hailperfume it with lumper , 
 and rub it all within with Fennel,lfope,and Time-fiozers - 
 and alfo the ftone upon which the Hive jhaU ft and. ■ 
 
 Now for the placing of your Hives, you ihall take The pIac ; r< 
 three long thick flakes, cut fmooth ana plain upon the of Hives, 
 heads, ana drive them into the earth triangular wifc,fo 
 that they may be about two foot above the ground: 
 then lay over them a broad fmooth paving ftone , which 
 may extend every way over the flakes above halfe a foot • 
 and upon the ftonefet your Hive , being leflein compare 
 then the ftone by more then fix inches every way ; andfee 
 the door of your Hive ft and direftly upon the rifmg of the 
 Morning Sunjnclining a little unto the Southward : and 
 be fure to have your Hives well fheltredfrom the North - 
 winds, and generally from all tempestuous weather : for 
 which purpofe if you have jbeads to draw over them in the 
 winter fit is fo much the better. And you fball place your 
 Hives in orderly rowes one before another , keeping cleane 
 Allies between them every way , fo as you may walke and 
 view each by it felf fever ally. 
 
 Now for the calling of your Becs,it is earlier or Jarcr 
 in the year, according to the ftrength and goodnt ffe of 
 the flock, or the warmth of the weather. The uf uall 
 time for calling,is from the beginning of May, till the 
 O middle 
 
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 2 Book. 
 
 iinddic of fuiy: and in ail that tune you mu ft have a 
 vigilant eycyor elle feme lervant to watch their riling, 
 lea ft they flyaway, and kmc in home obicure place tar 
 from your knowledge: yet if you pleafe, youm&y know 
 which Hives are ready to cajl a night before they do cast , 
 h J ou ' ear a f ter the Sun-fee to the Hive 3 and if 
 you hear the Af after-Bee above ail the reflfln a higher and 
 more folemn note , or if you fee them Ite forth upon the 
 r. one 3 and cannot get into the Hive 3 then he fur e that flock 
 wifi cafl within few hours after. 
 
 As loon as you can perceive the S warm to rife, and 
 are go; up into the ayie ( which wilt commonly be in the 
 height and heat of the Sun) you (hall take a brafle Bafon 3 
 . Pan or Candle si ick 3 and making a tinkling noile there- 
 Upon,and they are lo delighted with mnfick,that by the 
 found thc-rof they will prefently knit upon iome branch 
 ■or bough of a tree. Then when they are all upon one 
 cln!lc-r,you (Ball take a new fweet Hive well dreft,and 
 rub d with Honey and Fennel, and (hake them all into 
 t ;eHi\ Cjthi n having fpred a fair (Beet upon the ground, 
 let rhe Hrve thereon, and cover it all clean over dole 
 with the (Beet, and lo Jet it ftand till after Sun fet, at 
 which tune thc-Bees being gathered up to the top of the 
 Hive (as their nature is j you fhall fet them upon the 
 ftonc,having rub’d it well with Fennel, and then daubc 
 it clofe round about witli£./V»e & Dung mixt together, 
 and onely leave them adore or two to iflue out and in 
 at. There be fome Stoekes which will caft twice or 
 thrice,and four times in a year,but it is not fo good,for 
 it will wea»en.the ftock too much; there forego keepe 
 your flocks in ftrengthandgoodneffc,it i$ good not to 
 fuffer any to caft above twice at the moft. 
 
 Again,you (Bali with pieces of Brie k,or other fmooth 
 Bones, 
 
2 Book. Ordering of Bees. 1 8 1 
 
 ftones, raife the (lock in the night three or foure inches 
 above the ftome,and then daube it clofe again, and the 
 Bees finding houie-room will fall to work within, and 
 not cait at all; and then will their Stock be worth two 
 others : and in the fame manner, ii you had t h e yeare 
 before any Imall Swarms, which are likely to call this 
 yeer,or if you have any early Swarms this yeer, which 
 ate likely to cart at ti e latter end of the yeer t bor'n 
 which are often found to be the deilrudfion of the • 
 
 Stocks : in either or e' efe cafes, you fhall enlarge the 
 Hive,as it is before.laid,by railing it tip from the itone, 
 and it will not only keep them from carting, but make 
 the Stock better,& of much more profit,for that Hive 
 which is ol the moft weight,is of the belt price. 
 
 Now when you have mark’c out thofe oldStockcs 
 which you intend to fell( for the oldeft it fitted for that ®. f fe f 1Iin g 
 purpofe) you dial know that the beft time to take them Hivc ’* 
 is at Michaelmas 3 beiore any frol'ts hinder their labour.- 
 and you lhal take them ever from the ftone in the dark 
 of night,when the ayr is cold, and cither drowne them 
 in water, or (mother them with Fmbals ; for to chafe 
 them f rom their Hives as fome do, is naught, becaufe 
 all fuch Bees as are thus frighted from thei r Hives, doe 
 turn robbers,and Ipoyl other Stocks, becaufe that nmc 
 of the yeer will not fuffer them to labour and get their 
 own livings. 
 
 Now if you have any weak Swarms which commin® 
 late in the yeer cannot gather fufficient of Winter pro° 
 vifion ; in this cafe,you fhall feed fuch Stocks by daily 
 fmeanng the ftone before the place of their goino- in 
 and out,withio«f) and Rofe-water mixt together,anf (o 
 you (hall continue to do all the ftrength of winter, till 
 the warmth of the Spring , and the Sun-(hine bring 
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 forth of flowers for them to labour upon. You (hall 
 continually look that no Mice,Dares,and luch like ver- 
 mine breed about Hives, for they are poyfonous, and 
 will make Bees forfake their Hives. 
 
 Now laftly,if any of your flocks happen to dye in the 
 Winter (as amangstmanj^fome mufi qaaile) you (hall 
 not by any means ftir the ftock,but let it remain till the 
 Spring, that you fee your Bees begin to grow bufie; 
 then tave up the dead Stock, and trim it clean from all 
 filthjbut by no means ftir or cru(h any of the Combs: 
 then dalh die Combs 5 andbefprinkle them>and befmear 
 all the in fide of the Hive with Honey ,Rofe-water, and 
 the juyce Qf Fennell mixt together, and daube' alio the 
 ftone therewith. Alio then let down the Hive again,and 
 daube it as if it had never been .ftirred,and be well a(Tu- 
 red, that the firft Swarm which (hall rife, either of 
 your own, or of any Neighbour of yours within the 
 compafle of a mile,it will knit in no place, but within 
 that Hive, and fuch a flock will be worth five others, 
 becaufe they find half their worke finifht at their firft 
 entrance into the Hive,and this hath beenemany times 
 approved by thofe of the moft agproved’ft experience. 
 . And thus much touching the Bee and his Nature. 
 
 A 
 
2 Book. OfFijh 3 andFijh Ponds. 
 
 A Platfome for Ponds 3 which the Printer hath added 
 to this enfuing difcoarfe } for the betterfatisfatlion and 
 delight effuch as having a convenient plat of ground 
 for the fame purpofe^fhall be defirous to make an) Ponds 
 
CHAP. i. 
 
 F ^ in l ** g-^rail.andfirf of the making 
 °f the Ffjb-pttid. 
 
 .Orafmuch as great Rivers dogencral- 
 pj t'Wh&Mfi ty ' De ^° ;! n eitr;Cr to i thc-KingjOr the per- 
 (Q i-p- ftS^jticuhr Lords of ieverall Mannors,and 
 |h5y^|pSL;that it is orxdy theFiih pond which be- 
 |-^^%dongech to private perions, I will as a 
 thing moft belonging to the generall 
 profit, here treat of Filn-ponds. And fir ft touching 
 making of them, you fhail underftand that the grounds 
 moft fit to be caft into Fifh-ponds, are thofe which 
 are either raarifh, boggy, or full of Springs, and in- 
 ecc-d tiioft unfit either for grazing, or any other nfe of 
 better profir. And of thefe grounds,that which is full 
 of clear fprings will yeeld the beft water: that which 
 marift; will feed Fifir belt, and that which is boggy, 
 vviii defend the Fifh from-dealing. 
 
 H-o Lig then fuch a piece of wade ground, and being 
 determined to caft it into a Fiih-pond: you fhail firit 
 by fnmi trcncheSjdraw all the fprings or moyft veines 
 Into one place,and fo drainc the reft of the ground,and 
 then having, markt out that part which you mean so 
 make the head of your pond, which although it be the 
 
Of Fijb^and Fijh Ponds m 
 
 s Book. 
 
 lowed part in the true levell of the ground, yet you 
 muft make itthe higheft in-die eye-you fhall nrft cut 
 the trcncli of your flood-gate,fo as the water may have 
 a i'wifl: lall 4 when you mean at any time to let itoutj 
 and then on each fide of the trench drive in great flakes 
 of fixe foot in length,and fixe inches fejuare, of Oke, 
 Afhe,or Eime.buriB.lme is the belband thefe you muft 
 drive in rowes within foure foot one of another, at 
 ieail four foot into the earth,as broad and as farre off 
 each fide the Floodgate as you intend the head of your 
 bond mail goe : thc-n begirtne to digge your pond of 
 iuch coHipafle as your ground will conveniently give 
 leave, and all the earth yon digge out of the Pond,you 
 foal! carry 1 .and throw amongft the ftakes, and with 
 ft rang rammers,ramme the earth hard between them, 
 till you have covered all the ftakes ; then drive in as 
 many moe new ftakes befides the heads of the firft,and 
 then ramme more earth over and above them alfc^Sc 
 thus do,with ftakes above ftakes,til you have brought 
 the head tides to fuch a convenient height as is fitting. 
 And in all tins worke have an elpeciall care, that you 
 make the infidc of your banks fofmooth, even, and 
 ftrong,that no current of foe water may wear foe earth, 
 from the ftakes. 
 
 You tliail digge your Fitin-pond not above eight 
 foot deep ,and fo as it may carry not above fixe f oot 
 water. 
 
 You fnail pave all the bottom and banks of die 
 Pond with, large fods of Fioc-grafle, which naturally 
 growes under water, for it is a great feeder of Fitk 
 and you fhall lay them very dole together and pinne 
 them down fa ft with fmafl ftakes and winding'. You 
 dull upon one fide of the Pond,in the bottome, (lake 
 O 4 fa ft 
 
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Of Fijb^ndFijb fonds. 2 Book, 
 
 faft divers Bavens or Faggots ofbrufh wood, wherein 
 your fifh fhall caft their fpawnc, for that will defend it 
 from deftruciion 3 & at another place you fhal lay fods 
 upon fods, with the graflfe fide; together,in the bottom, 
 of the pond,for that will noun in, and breed Eelesrand 
 if you flick (harp ftakes likewde by every fide of the 
 Pond,that wil keep theeves from robbing them. When 
 you have thus made your ponds, and have let in the 
 water.you (hall then (lore them.Carpe, Breame and 
 Tench by themfc-lves, and Pike,Pearch,Ede,and Tench 
 by themfeives:for ti.eTench being rhe hlines phyfition 
 is feldome devourcd:alfo in all ponds you Hull put 
 good ftoreof Roch,Dace, Loch, and Mcnowjtor they 
 are both food for the greater fiihe , and alio not un¬ 
 comely rn any good mans difh. 
 
 You fhall to every melter put three S pawners, and 
 fome put five,and in three yem the me; cafe will be 
 great, buc in five hardly to be deftroycu. And thus 
 much for Ponds and their ftorings. 
 
 CHAP. n. 
 
 Q ftbe taking of all forts ofFijb 3 mth Nets, 
 or olbemife. 
 
 I F you wil take fifh with little or no trouble,you final 
 take of SaUmoniake a quarter of an ounce,of young 
 Chives as much,and as much of a Calves Kell,ana beat 
 them in a morter until it be all one fubftance,and then 
 make Pellets thereof,and caft them into any corner of 
 tfie Pond,and it wil draw thither all the Carpe,B. : earn, 
 Cnevin, or Barbell,that are within the water, then caft 
 your (have-net beyond themandyou (Ira! rake choice 
 at your pleafure.I; you will take Roch, Dace, or any 
 fmal kind of FilL, take Wine Lees, and auxe it with 
 . Oyhand hang it in a chimney corner till it be dry or 
 
 looks 
 
a Book. Of F ifh s andFijb-Pends. 1 8 7 
 
 look black, and then putting it into the water,they will 
 come fo abundantly to it that you may take them with 
 your hand .If youwili take,Trout,or Grafting,take two 
 pound of wheat bran,half fo much of white Peafe,and 
 mixing them with ftrong Brine,beat it till it come to a 
 period parte: then put pellets thereof into any corner 
 of the water, and they will refort thither, loasyou 
 may cart your net about them at your pleafure. But if 
 you will take either Pearch or Pike , you fhall take 
 l'omeof a Beafts Liver,black Snails,ydlow Butterflies, 
 flogs bloud,andOpoponax,beat them altogether, and 
 having made a parte thereof,put it into the Ware r,and be 
 affured that as many as are within forty paces thereof 
 will prefently come thither, and you may take them at 
 your pleafure. 
 
 Laftly, if you take eight drams of Cock-ftones, and 
 twice fo much of the Kirnels of Pynaple trees burnt, 
 and beat them well together, and make round balls 
 thereof,and put it into the water, either freihor falc,a- 
 ny Salmon or great Fifh will prefently refort thither, 
 you may take them either with net or otherwife. 
 
 Alfojit is a moil approved experiment, that if you 
 take bottles made of Hay,and green Oziers, or willow 
 mixt together, and fink them downeinthemiddeftof 
 your Pond, or by rhe bank Tides, and fo let them reft 
 two or three days, having a cord fo faftned unto them 
 that you may twitch them upon land at your pleafure: 
 and believe it,all the good Eeles which are in the pond 
 wil come into thole Bottles:&yOu fhal take them mart 
 abundantly: and if you plea'feto bait thofe Bottles, by 
 binding up Sheep guts , or other garbage of Beafts 
 within them, the Eelcs will some fooner, and you 
 
 may 
 
OfFijb t a/idFfjbrpqnds.> 2 Book, 
 
 may draw themoftner,and with better affurance.-there 
 be other wayesbefides thefc to take Eeles, as with 
 Weds,with the Ecle-fpear, or with bobbing for them 
 with great wormes; but they are fo generally knowne 
 and pra&iled, and fo much inferiour to this already 
 {hewed , that I hold it a ncedlefle and vame labour to 
 trouble your ears with the repetition of the lame; and 
 the rather,fith in this work I have laboured only to de¬ 
 clare the lecrets of every knowledge,and not to run in¬ 
 to any large circumftance of thole things which are 
 moil commonVid familiar to all men.And thus much 
 of Fifh and Fi(h-Ponds,and their generall knowledge. 
 
 Now as touching the Angle,and the fecrets there-~ 
 to belonging, you fhall find it at large hand¬ 
 led in the next Book, called Countrej 
 Contentments.