The first booke of cattell wherein is shewed the gouernment of oxen, kine, calues, and how to vse bulles and other cattell to the yoake, and fell. With diuers approued remedies, to helpe most diseases among cattell: most necessarie for all, especially for husband men, hauing the gouernment of any such cattell. Gathered and set forth by Leonard Mascall.

For a beast being hide bound.

THere is a disease in beastes called in Latin Coriago, in English, hide bound, which doth sore torment and grieue a beast. This griefe happeneth to a labouring Oxe when he hath béene sore traueiled in labour, or sore traueling in traueiling in rayny weather, and thereby come to bee hide bound through pouertie. Wherefore ye must take héed whē they returne from labor being sore chaft of body and short of breath. Some do vse therefore to sprinckle them with wine, & do cast a péece of the fat of a beast downe his throat: but if he haue this disease alreadie, it shall be good to séeth bay leaues in ale, and to bath him therewith as hote as hee can suffer. And sodainely thereupon for to chafe and rubbe hym wyth oyle, and wyne mixt together, and to plucke and drawe his skinne on both his sides, and loose it from his ribbes: and it is good to be done in a hote sunny daye, that it maye drye and sinke therein. Another. Some do put too the lées of oliues, wyne, and grease, and annoynt therewith, which medycyne they doo vse, after they haue done rubbing, and chafyng the beast. Also if a beast like not, and hys skynne doo cleaue to his bones, yee shall bathe hym all ouer wyth wyne, and oyle olyue, myxt to∣gether. Some do take mallowes boyld in wyne, or ale,

or worte mixt with oile, and so bath him therewith. Also, some do séeth whot graines in ale, and so bath and rub him therewith once a day for 3. or 4. daies together, and to giue him the water of boylde barly.