The second Medicine.
If it offend the brayne we call them Appoplexies, Palsies, Staggers, Colds, Glaunder, Coughes, mourning of the chyne, Migrims, dizzinesse, and a world of such like: and the cure is to take Assafeteda, and dissoluing it in Vinegar dip hurds therein, and stop it hard into his eares for two Mornings together after you haue taken from him great store of bloud at his necke-veine, and then giue him to drinke, during his sicknesse, euery Morning a quart of Milke, wherein the white and rough cankerrous Mosse of an old Oake pale hath béene sodden till the Milke grow thicke, then strayned & so giuen luke warme, and if you finde that no heauinesse or dizzinesse appeare in his head, then you may forbeare the bloud-letting, and the Assafeteda, but not otherwise, in any case; and thus assuredly these two medicines alreadie declared will cure all the inward diseases in a Horse, whatsoeuer.
Of outward diseases.
Now for outward diseases, they are eyther naturall or accidentall: If they be naturall, they eyther grow from the generation, or bréede, from whence a Horse is descended, or else from corruption of foode, or other vnwholesome kéeping; If they grow from the bréede and generation of the Horse, we call them the Viues, Wens, Knots, or Swellings about the throat: The third medicine. and for the cure thereof, take a peny-worth of Pepper, beaten into powder; a spoonefull of swines-grease, the iuyce of one handfull of Rew, two spoonefuls of Vineger, and mixe them together, and put this equally into both the Horses eares, and so tye them vp and shake the eares, that the medicine may sinke downe, and take good store of bloud from the Horses neck-veine, and temple veines, and vse this medicine two or thrée mornings together.
The fourth Medicine.
If they procéede from corruption of foode, or any other vnwholesome kéeping which corrupteth the bloud, then we call them Impostumations, Byles, Botches, Fistulaes, Polemill, and such like: and the cure is, to take the loame of an old mudde wall, strawes and all, but let there be no Lime amongst it, and boyle this loame with strong Vineger, till it be like a Pultus, and as hot as the Horse can abide it, apply it to the sore place, and it will not onely draw it to a head, and breake it, but also draw it, search it, and heale it.
The fift Medicine.
There be also other diseases which procéed from naughtie foode, and the corruption of blood, and we call them Farcies, Scabs, Mangie, Scratches, Paynes, Mallanders, Sellanders, and all of such like nature, and the cure is first to slit the hard knots, or rubbe off the scurfe, and make the sore places raw: then take yellow Arsnicke beaten to powder, and mixe it well with fresh grease, and then therewith annoynt the sore places all ouer, which done, tye vp the Horses head, so as he may not knappe or bite himselfe, and so let him stand an houre or two: then take strong old Pisse warmde, and therewith bathe and wash the Horse all ouer, and so put him to his meat: and in this manner dresse the Horse or beast thrée or foure mornings, and it will be sufficient; onely you must not fayle to take from him good store of bloud at his necke vaine.
The sixt Medicine.
Now if his diseases procéed from accidentall causes, as from wounds, Bruises, Straynes, Galles, hurts in the Eyes, excretions, or broken bones, then you shall to euery one of these take these seueral medicines which follow: as first, if they be wounds, in what sort soeuer taken or receiued, you shall take Turpentine, Waxe, and hogs-grease, of each a like quantity, and melting them together into a salue, dresse the wound therewith, and it will heale it, how great or little soeuer.