The historie of foure-footed beastes Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. By Edward Topsell.

Of the inward and wet cough.

OF inward Coughs some be wet and some be dry. The wet cough is that commeth [ 10] of cold, taken after some great heat giuen to the Horsse, dissoluing humors, which being afterward congealed, do cause obstruction and stopping in the lungs. And I call it the wet cough, because the Horse in his coughing, will voide moist matter at his mouth after that it is once broken. The signes be these. The Horsse will be heauy, and his eies wil run a water, and he wil forsake his meate, and when he cougheth, he thrusteth out his head, and reacheth with great paine at the first, as though hee had a dry cough, vntill the fleame be broken, and then hee will cough more hollow, which is a signe of amend∣ment. And therfore, according to Martins experience, to the intent the fleam may breake the sooner, it shal be necessary to keepe him warme, by clothing him with a double cloth, and by littering him vp to the belly with fresh straw, and then to giue him this drinke: take [ 20] of barly one peck, and boile it in 2. or 3. gallons of faire water, vntil the barly begin to burst, and boile therewith of bruised Licoras, of Annis-seedes, or Raisins, of each one pound, then straine it, and to that liquor put of hony a pinte, and a quarterne of Sugar candy, and keepe it close in a pot to serue the horse therwith foure seuerall mornings, and cast not a∣way the sodden barly with the rest of the strainings, but make it hot euery day to perfume the horse withal, being put in a bag, and tyed to his hed, and if the horse will eat of it, it shal do him the more good. And this perfuming in winter season would be vsed about ten of the clocke in the morning, when the Sun is of some height, to the intent the horse may be walked abroad, if the Sun shine, to exercise him moderatly. And vntill his cough weare a∣way, [ 30] faile not to giue him warm water, with a little ground mault. And as his cough brea∣keth more and more, so let his water euery be lesse warmed then other.