THE Country-Man's Treasure, SHOWING The NATURE, CAUSE, and CURE of all Diseases incident to ; WITH Proper Means to prevent their common Diseases and Distempers. Being very useful Receipts as they have been practised by the long Experience of Five and Thirty years, and all Approved of. Fitted for the use of all Farmers and others that deal in . By JAMES LAMBERT. With a TABLE of the several Diseases therein contained. LONDON, Printed for Henry Twyford in Vine Court Middle Temple. 1676. depictions of cattle, sheep, and hog TO THE READER. I Do here present to thy view the several Diseases incident to , which in Number I have computed to be about Sixty and One; I have also shown you the Nature of every Disease, and how you may make your Observations to know them, and to distinguish one Disease from another; and afterwards the immediate way of the Cure, which is done with very little Charge, the Medicines being both Plain and Safe, and easily obtained: as also how to prevent any growing Distemper, which by the alteration of the Place, or other accidental Causes do too often happen. These Medicines I have practised with very good success for above this Five and Thirty years; and now do here freely communicate them to all my Country men, not doubting (by Gods-Blessing on the Means) they may obtain the good end, which is wholly designed by Your Friend JAMES LAMBERT. THE TABLE. A Special Remedy for sore Eyes in Bull, Ox, Cow, or Calf. Page 1 Another for the sore Eyes. 2 For the Garget in the Head. 3 For the Garget on the Tongue and Throat. 4 Another for the same. 6 For the Garget in the Head and Throat, as some do call the Murrain, or Long-sought. ibid. A special Cure for the Murrain in a Beast. 8 Another excellent Cure for the Murrain in Ox, Cow, or Calf. 9 A good Receipt to take off an Anberry or Wart on any Beast. 10 A good Receipt for the Madness in the Head of Bull, Ox, or Cow. 11 For the Garget in the Maw. 12 For the Yellows in the whole Body. 13 For the Worm in the Tail. 14 For the making of Blend-water. 15 Another good Receipt for the Blend-water. ibid. A good Receipt for the Water-Murrain. 16 A good Receipt for the Rising in the Body and Swelling behind. 17 Another good Receipt for the Rising in the Body. 18 For the Towering Long-sought, that is, Hidebound. 19 For the scouring Long-sought that stinketh 20 A good Receipt for a Beast that cannot Piss without pain. 21 For the swelling Fowl 22 For the Fowl betwixt the Claws that cometh by Sand, Stub or filth of the Earth. 23 A good Receipt for the Evil. 24 For the Speed in the hinder parts. 25 For the Pantas. 26 A good Receipt for the biting of a Shrew-Mouse. 27 Another good Receipt for the Shrew-Mouse. 28 For the stinging of Adders and Scorpions, and the biting of a Hedgehog or Shrew. 29 For the Swelling of an Ox's Cod. 30 For an Ox or Cow that hath lost their Appetite. ibid. A Remedy for the loss of the Cud. 31 For the Lungs Growing of any Beast. 32 For to kill Worms in Ox, Cow, or Calf. 33 A good Receipt for a Beast that is Dewboulne at the Spring, or in Eddige-time. ibid. A good way to breed Milk. 34 For the Withering of a Cow. ibid. A good Receipt for a Beast that maketh Blend-water that cometh by a strain, and issueth through the Bladder. 35 For to get a Beast a Stomach when he is weary and tired. 36 For the hardness or swelling of a Bull or Ox's Pisle that is bruised by Riding. 37 For Forbaiting or a swollen Foot of any Beast. ibid. For the staunching of Blood of any Beast cut or hurt, and how to make a Salve to heal it. 38 For to make a Cow to take the Bull by Milk. 39 For to keep an Ox sound. 40 For the Fever in a Beast. ibid. For the Scab on a Beast. 41 A good Receipt to purge Beasts. 42 For a dry Hoarseness or Cough in a Beast. 43 Another good Receipt for purging of . 44 Another good Receipt for the Fever in Beasts both in Winter and Summer. ibid. For an inward sickness in . 45 An excellent Cure for a Burn in a Bull's Yard, or in a Cows Matrix. 46 For a sucking Calf that scoureth. ibid., For a Bull that sheddeth his Seed. 47. For the Disease in Beasts called the Sturdy, or turning Evil. ib. For a Cough or shortness of Breath in . 49 For to kill Lice in any Beast. ibid. For the Milting of a Beast. 50 For the Rottenness in a Beast. ibid. For the Clush and swollen Neck. 51 THE COUNTRYMAN'S TREASURE FOR The CURE of . I. A special Remedy for Sore Eyes in Bull, Ox, Cow, or Calf. TAke six Eggshells and put the Meat clean forth, and lay the shells betwixt two Tile Stones, and lay the Stones and the Shells in the hot glowing Fire, and burn them well, and cover the edge of the Tiles with Clay for to keep the Ashes from the Shells, and when they are burnt, pound them to Powder, and searse them finely, and with a Quill blow the Powder into the Beasts Eye, and it will mend presently, and blow it in three times a day: Also take white Sugarcandy, and pound it small, and blend it with the aforesaid Powder of the Shells and May-butter, or for want of that, take other fresh Butter without Salt, and work it into a Salve, and anoint the Eyes Morning, Noon and Night, and it will help them. II. Another for the Sore Eyes. TAke Mutton-bones and burn them well, and pound them to Powder, and searce them very well, and take burnt Allom and Tutte, and white Sugarcandy, and the juice of Ivy, and it will help them that hath a Fleam that cometh by a chaff or stroke. Also take the Marrow of a Goose-wing, and it will help them: Also take white salt and burn it in a Dock or wet Cloth, and take the middle Core of it and mix it with the Juice of Saladine, and it will help them. Also there is a Disease on the Eyes, which is called the Inflammation of the Eyes, which cometh by blood, and breedeth Choler and Blindness; sometimes the Beast seethe a little, and sometimes not at all. The Cure. You must first Cord them in the Neck, and blood them in the Temples under the Eyes, and let them bleed very well, and put in some Allom and live Honey mixed together every day, and they will mend for certain. Approved. III. For the Garget in the Head. FOr the Garget in the Head, you must find it out by the swelling in their Eyes and Lips; their Eyes will be swelled up, and the Face and Cheeks will be swelled; and you must look into their Mouths for blisters on their Tongues, and if there be any, you must break them, and if the Tongue be swelled you must pull it forth and look under it, and if there be no blisters, than you must take your Knife and slit it underneath the Tongue an Inch long for to let forth the Poison, and wash it with Vinegar for the present, and within an Hour, then give them three pennyworth of the Powder of Fenigrick, Turmerick, long Pepper, Liquoris-powder and Anniseeds in a quart of strong Ale or Beer Milk-warm. And for to prevent this, blood them well at the Spring and at the Fall, and when you Blood them, give to every Beast some Rhue in a pint of Ale or Beer, if they be never so well Milk-warm, and they will do well. Approved of myself. iv For the Garget on the Tongue and Throat. THis Disease sometimes cometh of Blood, and sometimes of eating of poison Grass, as Dogsbane, Goose-foot, Helmet flowers, all these are poison either to Beast or Swine. The Cure. You must first blood them in the Neck, and if they be swelled under the Jaws against the Throat-Bowl, than you must pull forth his Tongue, and cut a Vein that lieth under the Tongue, and cut the Skin two inches long under the Tongue, length-way for to let forth the Blood and Water, and wash the Tongue with Vinegar, Salt and Allom: and for the out side that is swelled you must slit the Hid just against the swelled place four Fingers broad every way, and then put in a good handful of Speargrass, Salt and Butter, and stitch some of the hole up again, then take a lump of the blewest Clay, as much as a Mustard-ball, and boil it with old Urine, and the middle Green Bark of young Elder, and a good handful of Salt, and let them boil a quarter of an Hour or more, and put in a little reased Bacon, and boil them all together until they be thick like Pap, and then bathe the Beasts Face from the Ears downwards, and stroke it downwards towards the Slit as hot as you can endure, the hotter the better, and bathe the Beast so three times a Day; and when the swelling is abated, them take Tar, fresh Butter and Bees-wax, and anoint the sore place, and it will be well presently by God's help. Approved. And to prevent this Disease, you must do by them as I said in the former Chapter: Blood them and give them some Rhue and strong Ale or Beer compounded together, and give it them Milk-warme. V Another for the same. TAke the blewest Clay that you can get, and take Hog's Grease and a little Grunsel, and boil them in new milk until the Herbs be well boiled, and put in a handful of Salt, and bathe the Beast as hot as you be able for to put in your Hand, but first let blood in the Neck, and give them three pennyworth of Fenigrick, Turmerick, Long-Pepper, Anniseeds, Liquoris, all in equal Portions, but three Pence in all; and give it them in a quart of strong Ale or Beer Milk-warm, and they will mend presently by God's help. Approved of myself. And for the preventing of it you must Blood them in the Spring and Fall, and it will prevent them, giving them some Rhue in strong Ale when you blood them. VI For the Garget in the Head and Throat, as some do call the Murrain Long-sought. THis Garget is Cousin German to the Murrain, for they will swell and be puck under their Jaws like a rotten Sheep, their Cheeks will be swelled up to their Eyes, they will not foam at the Mouth, but they run water very much, and sometimes their Tongue will be swelled at the Root, and yet there will be no blisters, but only the Venom that cometh of an ill distemper of Stomach, and so fumeth into the Head, and if it be not stayed, it will return to the Heart, and all over the Body. The right name of this Disease is called the Mountain Evil among Beasts. The Cure. First let them Blood in the Neck Vein both sick and sound, and give to every Beast to drink both sick and sound a pint of old Urine, and a good quantity of Hens-dung laid in steep Eight or Ten Hours, and grind for every Beast a handful of Rhue, and put to the Hens-dung & Urine when it is strained, and give it to the Beasts both sick and sound, but more to the sick, and less to the sound, and it will cure the sick and prevent the sound. Approved. And for to keep them sound, if the year time be dangerous, you must take Time & lay it in steep in White-wine Vinegar, and the Beasts own Water, and a handful of Salt, and blend with the Vinegar, and rub their Mouth and. Tongue very well, and put the rest down the Beasts Throat, and it will keep their Stomach, and preserve their Health, but Blood both at the Spring and Fall of the Leaf, and give them Rhue as aforesaid. VII. A special Cure for the Murrain in a Beast. THis Disease cometh many several ways; first it cometh of rankness of Blood or Feeding, or from the corruption of the Air, or the infection of other ; you may find this Disease by their Carriage, That is, they will foam at the Mouth, and blow very thick and short, and their Heart and Lights will beat very sore, and sometimes their Face and Chaps will swell, and their Eyes will run with water. The Cure. First let all your Beasts Blood, both Sick and Sound, and give to the sick some Rhue, Fetherfew, Sage, Hyssop, Time, Marjerom, Marigolds, Fennel, Tansey, Lavender, and Spike, of every one a small handful, and boil all the Herbs in Spring Water, and boil them from a Gallon to a quart, and then strain the Herbs forth, and put to for every Beast a pint of strong Ale to the Juice, and put to the Juice and Ale some long Pepper and green Anniseeds, Peas and Bay-salt, Treacle, and Liquoris-powder and Butter; pound all these Spices and put them to the Juice of Herbs, and give to the sick a full pint, and to the sound half a pint, and they will mend for certain. Approved. VIII. Another excellent Cure for the Murrain, in Ox, Cow, or Calf. FIrst, you must take for every Beast a quart of old Wash, and a good quantity of Hens-dung, and lay the Hens-dung in steep Eight or Ten Hours, and then strain the Dung forth, and break to every Beast Two rotten Eggs into the forenamed Juice, and give to every one two pennyworth of Spikenard, and blend all these together and give it the Beast; but first let Blood, both sick and sound, and separate the sick from the sound, Blood and Drench both Horses and Swine, for they are both apt to take the Disease. Bury the Dead Carrion deep in the Ground, that the Dogs cannot pull it forth for to feed on it, for they are those that carry the Disease from one place to another, and be careful where you lay the Murrain Hid of an Horse, or how a man doth take off the Hide while the Beast is hot, for it is infectious, the safest way is to bury the Beast, the Hide and all, for that is the best way, and by God's help they will be well again presently. IX. A good Receipt for to take off an Anberry or Wart on any Beast. THis Anberry cometh of Blood, and is a spongy kind of Flesh, full of Blood and Water, and groweth most commonly on young Beasts betwixt one year old and four. The Cure. If it be of any bulk, so that you can tie any thing about it, take ten Horsehairs and tie them about the Wart as hard as you can, and once in eight days you will see it fall away, and then you may heal it up with unslacked Lime and Honey, and if it be flat, than you must take it off with a hot Iron, and heal it up as is said before; and if it be in such a place, as among Sinews and Veins, than you must eat it away with Rosulger or Mercury, and then stop the hole with Flax and the white of Eggs for two days, and then heal it up with the Powder of unslacked Lime and Honey, and it will do well. Approved of myself. X. A good Receipt for the Madness in the Head of Bull, Ox, or Cow. FOr the madness in the Head, it proceedeth from Blood. The Cure. First cord them in the Neck, and Blood them in the Temples under the Eyes, and in the Ears, and let them bleed very well, and give them Fenigrick, Turmerick, Long Pepper, and green Anniseeds, all alike in Portions, and but three Pence in the whole, and the Juice of Rhue, or else very small Grains, and put all together, and give it them in a quart of strong Ale or Beer Milk-warm, and give the one half of the thinnest in at their Nostrils, and the rest at their Mouth; this Disease is easily found, for they will reel as they go, and set their Head into the Heck, or against a Wall or a Gate, and two men can hardly stir them. And thus much for this Disease, for I have approved it. XI. For the Garget in the Maw. FOr the Garget in the Maw, you may perceive it by their drooping and heaviness in their Head, and hanging down their Head and Ears, their Heart will beat very sore, and many times they will be very Costive in their Body, and will not eat any thing, but sit continually. The Cure. Let them Blood in the Neck-Veine, and let them bleed very well, and then draw your Cord, and take Rhue, Plantain, Southernwood, Wormwood, Shepherds-purse, smallage, Calewort, if you can conveniently get them, or the most part of them, every one half a handful, bruise them very small, and take a handful of Hens-dung, and lay it in steep in a Pint of old Wash eight Hours, and then strain forth the Hens-dung, and put the Herbs and the Wash together, and put a full quart of strong Ale to the Herbs and Wash, and set them on the Fire, and boil the one half away, and then strain them over again and put in an ounce of Treacle, a spoonful of the Juice of Garlic, and some Anniseeds, and some Liquoris-powder, blend all together and give to the Beast Milk-warm. This is special good for the Murrain, or for any Garget or Long-sought whatsoever, it will cure them by God's help. Approved XII. For the Yellows in the whole Body. THis Disease is a forerunner of all Diseases, and is the soon found out, for they will be Yellow in their Ears, Eyes, and in the Tail end, and sometimes all over the Body. The Cure. You must blood them in the Ears and in the Tail very well, and put some Salt in their Ears, and rub them betwixt your Hands when they are blooded for to make them for to bleed, and then give them two handfuls of Salt down their Throat dry over Night, and in the Morning give them Fenegrick, Turmerick, long Pepper, and Anniseeds and Liquoris, but two pence in all, the whole made in Powder and given them in a quart of Ale Milk-warm, is very good for the overflowing of the Gall. Approved. XIII. For the Worm in the Tail. FOr the worm, you may presently perceive it by the Tail, for sometimes the Hair will go off where the Worm lieth, and most commonly the Joints some of them is eaten asunder, which you may feel knock one besides the other. Many one doth conceive that when a Beasts Tail is soft below towards the end, they have the Worm, they are merely mistaken, for every Beast hath so. The Cure. You must be sure that you slit the Skin of the under side above the decayed Joint, just against the Vein, and prick the Vein and let it Bleed very well, then take Garlic, Butter, and Salt, and bind it to and it will mend, and slit their Gums against every Tooth, and rub them with Salt and they will grow fast. XIV. For the making of Blend-Water. THis Disease is, as some do call it, the Morehough; it is a Disease that cometh several ways: First it cometh of Blood, and secondly it cometh from the Yellows, which is a Ringleader of all Diseases; and thirdly it cometh by change of Ground; the Ground being hard it breedeth this Disease, which if they have not help in Six days, they will be past help. The Cure. You must take a pennyworth of Bolearmonick, and as much Charcoal-flower as will fill an Eggshell, and a good quantity of the inner Bark of an Oak, dried and pounded together to Powder, and put them into a quart of new Milk, and a pint of Earning, and give it the Beast at twice, and it will help them for certain. Approved. XV. Another good Receipt for the Blend-Water. THis Receipt never failed: Take a quart of new churned Milk, and take a good piece of Lean-Salt-Hung-Beef and lay it upon the Coals, and burn it as black as a Coal, and when it is cold pound it to Powder, also take a penniworrh of Bolearmonick and pound it, and a handful of Shepherds-purse, and put all together and give it to the Beast, for it never failed me. XVI. A good Receipt for the Water Murrain. THis Disease cometh of Rankness of Blood, and chief it taketh those that are young, betwixt one year old and three; this Disease is easy to find out, for they do swell on the Back and both sides the Chine, and if they have not present help they will die; the Hide will be puffed up to the Shoulderblade on both sides. The Cure. You must first let them Blood in the Neck, and give them some Fenegrick, Turmerick, long Pepper, Spikenard, all made into Powder, and give it them in Ale or Beer Milk-warm; and for the swelling on the Back, you must take three handfuls of Salt, and a pint of Spring water, and a pint of Whitewine Vinegar, and take a ●ittle Allom and pound it, and put it all together and beat it with a Slice until it be white like Milk, and then bathe the swollen places very well & it will dry up the rheum and they will be well presently by God's help. Approved. And for the preventing of this Disease, Blooding is the best in time: Also if they be swelled very much on the Back, rowel them on both sides behind the Shoulderblade against the Heart, and put ●n some Hair to keep the holes open, and they will amend presently. Approved. XVII. A good Receipt for the rising in the Body and swelling behind. FOr the Rising in the Body and swelling behind, you must look in their Mouths and behind for Blisters, if they have any, you must break them first, and then let them Blood under the Tail, and then let them be Raked with a little hand in their Bodies behind for to break the Blisters in the Body, and give them a quart of churn-Milk, and some Soot of the Chimney, Bolearmonick, a red Onion, an Egg the shell and all put together and give it them and they will mend presently without fail; but walk them. XVIII. Another good Receipt for the Rising in the Body. IF the Beast be swelled in the Belly that you think they are almost past help, look on the near Side and you shall see the Belly swelled above the Ridge of the Back, and then with your Thumb and your Finger you must feel the Rib on the one side, and the Hip on the other side, and the Loyn-bone above, then take a Penknife and a handful from the Loin, and as much from the Rib, thrust in your Knife four Fingers Deep into the Windy-belly, and you will let forth that filthy wind which would have killed them, and they will recover presently; then within an Hour give them a Drink of Fenegrick, Turmerick, long Pepper and Grain, Anniseeds, Liquoris-powder, and a little handful of Rhue bruised, and put all together and give it them in strong Ale or Beer Milk-warm, and they will mend presently, and within fourteen days let them blood in the Neck-vein, and give them a little Rhue and a pint of Ale. This I have tried many times my for certain. XIX. For the Towering Long-Sought that is Hidebound. THis disease commonly cometh to those that are in Poverty and low of Flesh, the Signs are, they will look frozenly on their Sides, their Hide will grow fast to their Back, and their Eyes will sink in their Head, they will whet their Teeth, and will not chew their Cud, and they will go by themselves and careth not for their Fellows. The Cure. You must first Blood them in the Neck-vein, and take a handful of Rhue, Hyssop, Sage, Fetherfew, Southernwood, Rosemary, every one of these Herbs a handful, chop and grind these together, and take a quart of strong Ale or Beer and put to the Herbs and stir them together, and then strain the Herbs as well as possibly you can from the Ale, and then take long Pepper, Fenegrick, Turmerick, Anniseeds, and Liquoris-powder, make all these into Powder & take two pennyworth of Salade Oil, mix all these with the Juice of the Herbs and Ale, and make them Milk-warm, and give it to the Beast, and if they be weak and far spent, than you must cut them in the Dew-lap, and put in some Bearsfoot or Speargrass, with Salt and Butter, and they will mend presently. Approved. XX. For the scouring Long-sought that stinketh. THis Disease sometimes cometh of Blood and sometimes by Distemper of Body, either by over-heating or by unwholesome Fodder, which will breed laxativeness. The Signs are apparent for to be seen in their scouring and stinking. The Cure. First let them blood in the neck Vein, and then take Fenegrick, Turmerick, Long-pepper and Grain, Anniseeds, Liquoris-powder, and half a pound of Allom, a good quantity of Charcoal, make all these into powder, then take Rhue, Sage, wild Mint, Parsley, Southernwood, Wormwood, Rosemary, Hyssop, chop and grind of every one of these half a handful as small as you can and put a Gill of Whitewine Vinegar to the Herbs, and roll all together, and then strain the Herbs forth, and put to them a little Ale and roll them again, and then strain that forth which is left, and put all the juice together, and blend the juice with the fore mentioned Powder, and put to a quart of strong Ale or Beer and give it to the Beast Milk-warm, and they will mend in one night. Approved. Also you may then take a quart of Tanner's Ooze, Charcoal-flower and Chalk, Allom and burnt Clay, or very well burnt Tobacco Pipes pounded to Powder and finely seared, blend all these with the strongest Ooze you can get, and give it to the Beasts Milk-warm, and they will mend in twelve hours I am sure. Approved XXI. A good Receipt for a Beast that cannot Piss without pain. THis Disease sometimes cometh of over much heat, and sometimes of drinking Sand-water, which doth ofttimes gather together and hinder the passage of the Bladder, and sometimes by bruised Blood that may stop the neck of the Bladder, and so hinder the passage. The Cure. Take Aniseed, Cumminseed, Parsley seed, Watercress-seed, or the Herb itself, and Mustardseed; bruise all these and lay them in steep in Whitewine Vinegar ten hours; then put a pint of Whitewine to the Powders when they are steeped, and give it to the Beast Milk-warm; also take Bayberries, Butchers-broom, Setwel, stone-Parsley, or other Parsley, Sowthistle, Lettuce, Peneroyal, Red Nettles, bruise all these with a little White-wine Vinegar, and strain them, and put to a pint of Whitewine, also put in some Anniseeds, and some Carrawayseeds bruised, put all together and give it to the Beast warm. Approved. XXII. For the swelling Fowl. THis Fowl cometh of Blood and waterish Rheum that falleth into the Legs, and causeth a swelling sometimes in all four Legs. The Cure. You must cast the Beasts and tie their feet together, and take a sharp knife and slit the Skin an inch above the Heel under the Fetlock-joint, straight up and down for fear of cutting the Sinews, than you must take Nettles, and Garlic, and Salt, and bruise them together and bind them on, and remove the Plaster within a Night and a day, and they will be well presently. Approved of myself. XXIII. For the Foul betwixt the Claws that cometh by Sand, Stub or filth of the Earth. FIrst you must cast the Beasts and tie their Feet, and with a sharp knife pair off all that is dead, and rub it very well for to make it bleed, and then take dry Verdigrease and bruise it small, and dry off the Blood and lay it on again, and then take Hogs-grease, and dip it in the Verdigrease, & bind it on with a linen cloth, and keep it dry one night and it will be well. And if they chance to have a Wart grow betwixt their Claws or in the Heel you must pair it with a knife and let it bleed very well, and then take a hot Iron and sear it; also then take Tar, yellow Wax and Butter melted together on the Fire, lay it on with a tent of Flax, and bind it on with a cloth and it will be well presently. Approved. XXIV. A good Receipt for the Evil. THis Evil is easily found out by reason of its taking of their Limbs from them; sometimes it taketh them in the Neck, and sometimes in their Legs, and sometimes in both; and if it do take them in their Limbs it is very hard to recover them. The Cure. Take Rosemary, Sage, Unset Hyssop, Woodbine-leaves, every one of these a good handful, and two handfuls of Burdock leaves, and boil all these in a Gallon of spring Water till they all come to a quart, and then strain forth the Herbs, and melt in half a pound of Roach-Allom and put it into an earthen Pot and keep it close from the Wind and give it the Beasts in at their Nostrils by six spoonfuls at a time, and no more, each Nostril three spoonfuls, and give it them three times a day and no more, and give it them as long as the Liquor lasteth and it will help them. Approved. But first let them Blood in the Tail, and let them bleed very well, there is no question of their mending. XXV. For the Speed in the hinder parts. THis Disease may well be called the Speed, because it either mendeth or endeth in three days time; it cometh of the rankness of blood, and is catching among young betwixt one year old and three, and none else; it also cometh for want of blooding. It taketh them in the hinder parts. The Cure. Give them Salt and Whitewine blended together, and those that are well, blood them in the neck Vein, and those that are sick, blood them in the Tail, and let them bleed very well, & then cast them and tie their Feet, and take a sharp knife and slit a hole two Inches long in the inside of the hinder Legs above the hollow of the Gambrel straight up and down for fear of cutting any Vein or Sinew, and make some room with your Finger for to put in some Speargrass, Salt and Butter, and give them a quart of Ale and some Rhue, Sage, Fetherfew, and Spurge ground small and put to the Ale, and give to the Beasts warm; but you must not drive them above twelve Hours, if you do they will be past help; if they be taken while they can stand they are curable, by God's help. Approved. XXVI. For the Pantas. THis Disease is called the Pantas; it cometh by eating foul sour Grass or dry harsh Grass in Summer, which doth not go forth of their Maw, but maketh them go with a short grunt, and go but a little, and stand as if they were not able to go half a Mile. The Cure. Take a quart of half-churned Milk with the Butter in it, and take a good Garlic head or two little ones and pill them as if they were to eat, and bruise them, and take a pennyworth of the finest Tar that you can get, and a good handful of the finest Feathers that can be got without any stumps, for fear of sticking in the Beasts Throat, and beat all these together, and if they chance to go on lumps, put them all together and beat in a little Soot and give it the Beasts, and they will be well in four and twenty Hours. Approved. XXVII. A good Receipt for the biting of a Shrew-Mouse. THis Shrew-Mouse (for her bigness) is a more Venomous Beast than any; for if she biteth any Beast, though it be but little, it will swell abundantly. The Cure. When you see that your Beast is bitten and is swelled, then take an Awl and prick it up and down as far as it is swelled through the Hide, and no further, then take the Earth where Wains and Carts do much use to go, (but let it be the driest of it) and blend it with Whitewine Vinegar, and it will presently assuage and heal the swelling. Also take the Earth of a Cartwheel and the earth of a Swallows nest and pound them together, and blend them with old Urine and make it thick like a Salve, and anoint the sore place that is bitten, and it will cure either Man or Beast. Approved XXVIII. Another good Receipt for the Shrew-Mouse. THe biting of this Shrew is venomous, as is said before. The Cure. First open the Skin and let out the venom, and if it be swelled, then beat Salt and Vinegar together and bathe the sore place with it, and then boil some Herbs to bathe the swollen place, but boil them in old Urine; bathe it round about the Sore, and if it chance to break, than you must take Barley and lay it on a Fireshovel and burn it black-brown, and then pound it to Powder, and lay it in steep in White-wine vinegar all night, and put to a little of the juice of Dill, and blend them together & anoint the place till it be well, and that will be quickly. Approved of myself. XXIX. Another for the Shrew-Mouses. THe bite of a Shrew-Mouse is as venomous as the sting of a Wasp, for if she by't either Man or Beast it will swell immediately. The Cure. You must take Parsley seed and boil it with Whitewine, Salade oil & Hog's grease, also take some Powder of Barley and blend in it and make it like a Salve, and anoint the Sore till it be well. This is good for to cure the biting of Hedgehogs, or the stinging of Hornets. XXX. For the stinging of Adders and Scorpions, or the biting of a Hedgehog or Shrew. FOr the stinging and biting of these venomous creatures, take the oil of Scorpions and Vinegar, with Plantain and Bolearmonick made thick like a Salve, and anoint the place so grieved three times a day. Also take Sanguis Draconis, and a little Barley Meal, and the white of Eggs; beat all these together and lay them on Plasterwise to the Sore, and renewing it once in twelve Hours, it will help them for this, and for the the stinging of Hornets. Approved. XXXI. For the swelling of an Ox's Cod. FOr the swelling of an Ox's Cod by any chance whatsoever, you must anoint him with sweet Seam at the first three times a day, and if it do not fall, then take Wallearth and dissolve it in Vinegar and the Dung of an Ox, and bathe them with it. Some holds it a natural remedy for the dung of a Dog to cure the swelling of an Ox's Cod or Pisle, if they be often rubbed with it. XXXII. For an Ox or Cow that hath lost their Appetite. FOr the Beasts that are tired by labour and have lost their appetite, you must cause them to swallow raw Eggs well beaten with Honey, Vinegar and Salt. Also give them Horehound made into fine Powder to drink, and it will help the Appetite. Also stamp the tops of Rhue, Leeks, Smallage, and Sage, and give it them to drink in Whitewine, and it will help their Appetite. Also for the swelling of the palate of the Mouth, take a sharp knife and lance it, and let forth the Water and Blood, and rub the slit with Water and Salt, and it will do well. XXXIII. A Remedy for the loss of the Cud. Beast's sometimes lose their Cud by chance, and if so, than they will mourn; and sometimes by sickness and poverty. The Cure. Take sour Leaven of Rie-bread & Salt, and beat it in a Mortar with man's Urine and Barm, and make a big Ball or two of it, and put them down the Throat of the Beasts and they will do well. Also take part of the Cud of another Beast and blend it with Rie-bread & sour Leaven and Salt, and pound them in a Mortar, and make it into Balls and give it to the Beasts, and they will get their Cud again for certain. XXXIV. For the Lungs Growing of any Beast. THe Lungs of a Beast is very often subject to sickness or stopping, as will appear by their coughing and hosting, and sometimes they will hang forth their Tongues a great while after their hosting, that is a sign of the Lungs Growing. There is no other Medicines for this Disease but these two following. The Cure. You must take a pint of Tanner's Ooze and blend it with a pint of new Milk and an ounce of brown Sugarcandy, and two pennyworth of Salade Oil, and two spoonfuls of Tar, and give it to the Beast warm at twice. Also you must give them two Balls (either of them as big as an Egg) of Tar, Butter, Garlick and Sugarcandy blended all together, and it will mend them presently. Approved. XXXV. For to kill Worms in Ox, Cow, or Calf. THere is nothing better to kill Worms in Cattles then pounded Savin and black Soap, blended with a quart of sweet Wort and given them in a morning fasting, and keep them without meat three Hours after. XXXVI. A good Receipt for a Beast that is Dewboulne at the Spring or in Eddige-time. FOr this Dewboulne, you must first let them blood in the Tail, and then take a Nutmeg and grate it, and take an Egg and take off the top of the shell and put out so much of the white as you may put the Nutmeg into the shell, and blend them together, and put it down the Beasts Throat shell and all, and walk them up and down and they will mend presently. This swelling most commonly cometh when the Grass is full of Water, and then it is full of Wind also; so that then the Beast lappeth up both Wind and Water and that causeth them to swell; then stir them up and down and cause them to Purge and they will do well. There is less danger in putting them to wet Eddige then there is to dry, for the dry Eddige will not go through their Maws so well when it is dry and the Beasts hungry. XXXVII. A good way to breed Milk. IF your Cow chance to have a Calf and be poor, or to Calf before her time, and hath not Milk for to keep her Calf, you must give her good store of Mashes of Malt Milk-warm; also give her every morning and evening a quart of Ale made into a Posset, and take off the Curd and put in Anniseeds, Cummin seeds, Lettuce seeds, and Coriander seeds, all made into Powder, and blend them with the Posset, and let them stand three Hours blended together, and then give it the Beast for four days one after another, and by often drawing of her Paps her Milk will be sure to increase mightily in a short time. XXXVIII. For the Withering of a Cow. FOr the Withering of a Cow, take Coleworts, Mallows, Maidenhair, Mugwort, Bettany, Aristolochia, and boil all these in Water and give it to the Beast Milk-warm. Also take Aristolochia, Myrrh, and Pepper, and bruise them and give it the Beast in white Wine or strong Ale Milk-warm, and it will cause her to cast forth her Latter burden or dead Calf, and make her whole for certain. Approved. XXXIX. A good Receipt for a Beast that maketh Blend-water that cometh by a strain, and issueth through the Bladder. THere may be several causes for the making of Blend-water. First it may come by a Strain, Crush, or Wrench in the Back, which may cause some Vein to be broken near the Kidney, and so may feed the Bladder; and it may come to a Cow in her Calving by a strain, or it may come by change of Ground or harsh feeding, as I mentioned before in the former Chapter. The Cure. Take a Swallows nest the Birds and all, if you can get them, and put them all into a Mortar, and pound the Birds, Nest, and Feathers all together, and then boil them in fair Water, and put in a good handful of Plantain leaves and seeds, Blewbottle, and the roots of Daffodils, also put in a little Sumack and boil them very well; then strain them and put to a little sweet Wine and give it the Beast Milk-warm fasting. But first let blood in the Neck-vein for to draw the Blood back, and within half an Hour give them the Drink, and it will stay certainly. XL. For to get a Beast a stomach when he is weary and tired. WHen a Beast is tired or weary, it may be through weakness and poverty of his Body, it will bring some Disease or other upon him. To prevent that and bring him to a Stomach, take a little handful of Salt and Whitewine Vinegar, and rub his Mouth and Tongue very well, and put the rest down his Throat and he will eat his Meat presently. XLI. For the hardness or swelling of a Bull or Ox's Pisle that is bruised by Riding. FOr the swelling of a Bull or Ox's Pisle, you must take Holyhawk, Houseleek, and a little Plantain, and stamp them together with fresh Butter, and anoint it twice a day, and if it be sore you must cast him and wash his Sheath and Pisle with Whitewine-vinegar very well, and if there be any Cancer or Holes in the Yard, than you must put some Allom to the Vinegar and wash it very well, and he will mend in three times dressing without fail. Approved. XLII. For Forbaiting or a swollen Foot of any Beast. THis Forbaiting cometh by sore travel or work, which causeth lameness and fretting of the Foot. The Cure. You must Boyl Honey and Hogs-grease in Whitewine until it be thick like Pap, and lay it on the Foot a good thickness, and let it lie on three days before you remove it. Also for a swollen Foot, take half a handful of Elder-leaves, a few leaves of Grunsel, and a few crops of Chickweed, and a little Housleek and Swines-grease, and beat them altogether in a Mortar till they be like a Salve, and lay it on Plasterwise, and it will take down the swelling without fail. XLIII. For the staunching of Blood of any Beast cut or hurt, and how to make a Salve to heal it. FIrst if you chance to have any Beast cut or hurt, you must take Hares-wooll or Rabbets-wooll, and fill the cut or slit full of it, and hold it to with your your hand, or else bind it fast with some string, and burn the upper Leather of an old Shoe, and take the Ashes of it and strew amongst the Wool and it will stay the bleeding. But let it lie on four and twenty Hours before you do take it off. The Cure. Take a little Wax, Honey, Turpentine, Swines-grease and Wheat-flower, and set them all on the Fire and let them boil gently, stir and blend them together, and then take them from the Fire and use them at your leisure. And if there be a cut of any deepness, lay in a Tent of Flax or Linen cloth dipped in the Salve, and lay a Plaster of the same over it, and let it lie on four and twenty Hours, then remove it and that is enough, and it will heal it for certain. Approved. XLIV. For to make a Cow take the Bull by Milk. IF your Cow be in good case, and you would have her to take Bull, if you have any Cow that is a Bulling or any Neighbour's Cow, get a quart and a half of that Cow's Milk that is on the Road, and give it to that Cow that you would have to be a Bulling, and let the Bull go with her, and she will be a Bulling within six or eight days at the farthest. XLV. For to keep an Ox sound. FOr to keep an Ox sound, you must wash his Mouth with his own Water and Whitewine-vinegar once in twelve days, and it will bring a great deal of Phlegm and Water off which would take away his Stomach, and cause him to hang down his Ears and have weeping Eyes. Also wash his Mouth with Whitewine-vinegar and Time stamped in a little Salt, likewise wash his Tongue very well, and he will have a very good stomach again. XLVI. For the Fever in a Beast. THis Fever may be taken in the heat of Summer, in driving or hard labouring, and by drinking cold Water when they are exceeding hot, and so cause a shaking on them first, and afterwards produce a Fever. The Signs. They will be very heavy in the Head, and will have swollen Eyes, and an extreme heat in their Bodies, their Hair will stand of a Sweat upon their Backs. The Cure. You must cut them some Grass, and give them some Lettuce amongst it to cool their Bodies, and the next morning let them blood in the Neck-vein, and give them the juice of Purslain blended with Gum Dragant, Anniseeds, the Powder of Damask Roses, and put into it a quart of strong Ale and make it sweet with Honey; Then blend all together and give it to them three mornings one after another Milk-warm, and keep them warm, and they will mend presently by God's help. Approved. XLVII. For the Scab on a Beast. FOr the Scab on a Beast, take his own Water, Salt, Butter, and Whitewine-vinegar, with a little Salade Oyland a little Brimstone; blend all together and rub it on, and it will mend presently. XLVIII. A good Receipt for to purge Beasts. FOr to purge Beasts and to cleanse the inner part of their Bodies, you must give them the dross of Olives after the Oil is pressed out in new Milk. Also take a quart of Clay-water, and put in two pennyworth of Honey, and two pennyworth of Salade Oil, and twelve Laurel Leaves dried and made into Powder, put all together and make it warm and give it to the Beast. Also take half a pound of sweet Soap, and sweet Ale that is in the Fat, and put in twelve Laurel leaves or the powder of the same ground small or pounded into the sweet Ale and Soap, and blend all together and give it to the Beasts Milk-warm and it will help them. Also take a halfpenny Candle and put up at his Fundament as far as you can reach, and leave it behind in the Body. Approved. XLIX. For a dry Hoarseness or Cough in a Beast. THis Hoarseness or Cough in Ox or Cow must be carefully looked to, for it will grow in time to a worse Disease; therefore it is good to prevent it. The Cure. Take the distilled Water of Hyssop, or else the decoction of Mint and Hyssop together, with the juice of Leeks, and give it with the Oil of Olives and a little Garlic, for there hath not been so long a Cough known but this Medicine hath helped it: sometimes if it be an easy Hoarseness you may give them Tar with Honey-water, and it will help them for certain. Approved. L. Another good Receipt for purging of . THere is nothing better for purging at Spring before they go to Grass, then to keep them in the House a Week, give them Cinnamon, or Hartshorn, and common Salt boiled together warm: Also give them Tar, Butter, Honey, brown Sugarcandy, and the powder of the leaves of Laurel, either in Balls or in warm water, and when they go to Grass, within a Week after let them Blood, and give them a handful of Rhue in a pint of Ale warm, and this is called the preservation of Health to any that is ready to feed, or any other service. LI. Another good Receipt for the Fever in Beasts either in Winter or Summer. may sometimes get the Fever in Winter as well as in Summer, (if the Beast be low in Flesh) by drinking cold Water, (especially in a morning) they will begin to shake and tremble; and if they chance to get the Fever, they will tremble and have heavy Eyes, and groan, and froth a little at the Mouth. The Cure. First let them Blood, and then give them a drink of a quart of Ale, and four roots of Plantain, & two spoonfuls of the best London-Treacle, and let their meat be sprinkled with Water and they will do well. Approved. LII. For an inward sickness in . IF you cannot find out the Disease of the Beast, take a quart of Ale, and a handful of Wormwood, a handful of Rhue, and a handful of Rosemary, all being bruised in a Mortar, and then boiled a little, strain the Herbs forth very well, and add two spoonfuls of the juice of Garlic, and as much of the juice of Housleek, and as much London-Treacle, and blend all together and give it to the Beasts Milk-warm, and they will mend presently, Approved. LIII. An excellent Cure for a Burn in a Bull's Yard, or in a Cows Matrix. FOr a burned Bull, you must first cast him and pull forth his Yard, and wash both his Sheath and Yard with Whitewine vinegar, & then take the juice of Housleek, burnt Allom, Honey, and the juice of Lettuce, blend all together and anoint the Bull's Yard, and use it some three times and he will mend. And for the Cow you may wash and anoint her Bearing, and she will mend. Approved of myself. LIV. For a sucking Calf that scoureth. YOu must take a pint of Verjuice and Clay that is burnt until it be red, or very well burned Tobacco-pipes, and pound them to Powder, and searse them very finely, and put to a little powder of Charcoal, and blend all together and give it to the Calf, and he will mend in a night for certain. LV. For A Bull that sheddeth his Seed. TAke Clary-leaves and dry them, and pound them to Powder, and take the Powder of Tanner's Bark and brown Sugar-candy, and take two pennyworth of Turpentine, and work the Powders and the Turpentine very well into Balls as big as a great Crab, and give him two at a time night and morning, and he will mend presently without fail. LVI. For the Disease in Beasts called the Sturdy or turning-Evil. OF this Disease there are many kinds, one in the Brainpan of one side or both, and another under the Horn-root, and another in the Neck-joint; If it be in the Neck-joint, or under the Horn it is uncurable; as for that in the Neck-joint, you may find it out by their carriage, for they will hold up their Heads in the Air and look wildly; and for the other under the Horn, they will turn round: none of these are curable, but that in the Brainpan. The Cure. You must first cast them and bind their Feet, then slit the Skin against the Brainpan, and with a Needle and a long double Thread stitch up the Skin out of your way, and then take a strong short Knife, and a Hammer, and cut the Scaup two inches square, and turn it up, and then you may see the Bladder; then take it out very carefully for fear of breaking it, and cast it away, and anoint the place with fresh Butter, and always apply warm for fear of the cold, and be very careful that you lay the Scaup on again in the right place, and then turn down the Skin, and stitch it down with some Silk close together, and then make a Plaster of Turpentine, Wax, Rosin, and Swines-grease or fresh Butter, and a plaster of Flax-hards, and lay on four or five doubles of Wollen-cloth, for to keep it from the Wind and Wether; remove the Plaster once in five days, and be careful of cold, and let them drink no cold Water for six or ten days or more, and they will do well. Approved of myself. LVII. For a Cough or Shortness of Breath in . IF your Beasts are troubled with a Cough, as I have already showed, this will cure them, if they are Curable. The Cure. Take a quart of new churned Milk, and beat in some Ta●, and a Head of Gail●ck clean peeled, Alicampane made into Powder, and a little brown Sugarcandy; blend all together, and give it to the Beast three mornings one after another, and if they be curable this will our them without doubt. LVIII. For to kill Lice in any Beast. FOr the kill of Lice in any Beast, you must take Quicksilver and kill it with Swines-grease, and rub them very well about the Horns, Head and Neck, and upon the Shoulders and Dewlap, and they will lick the rest of their Body themselves, or strew some keen ashes on their hinder parts, and let them stand in the Rain a while, and it will make them all fly away from the Beast for certain. LIX. For the Milting of a Beast. THe Milting of a Beast is when they have got a stroke with a Goad, or Cudgel, or Rush against some piece of Timber. The Signs are, when they lay themselves down they will rise again presently and cannot rest, but sit in pain. The Cure. You must take Stone-pitch and pound it small, and blend it with Ale, Saffron, and Pepper, and give it him and walk him a little after it, and he will mend presently for certain. LX. For the Rottenness in a Beast. IF your Beast be subject to Rottenness, you may know it by his Poverty and Leanness, and continual scouring; and if they be very rotten they will scour Whitish Brown, and it will stink filthily. The Cure. You must give them Bayberries beaten to Powder, Myrrh, Elder-leaves, Rhue, Fetherfew, all made small, and take a lump of the blewest Clay you can possibly get, and burn it till it be very red, or almost black, and then pound it to Powder, and and blend it all together in strong Urine, and give the Beast half a pint at a time three several times Milk-warm, and it will stay the Scowering of the Beast and heal the Disease. LXI. For the Clush and swollen Neck. FIrst let the Beast rest three or four days, then take fresh Butter, Honey, Hogs-lard, and Wax, all in equal quantities, and melt them together like a Salve, and anoint the place and it will mend presently. Also if the Neck be swollen and raw, then take Honey and Mastic, and a little fresh Butter (without Salt) or fresh Swines-grease, (without Salt) and boil these all together, and anoint the sore place and it will mend. 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