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 tired Horsses.

BIcause we are in hand heere with the vitall partes, and that when the Horsses be tyred with ouermuch labour, their vitall spirits wax feeble, I thinke it best to speak of them [ 40] euen heere, not with long discoursing as Vegetius vseth, but briefely to shew you how to refresh the poore Horsse hauing neede thereof, which is doone chiefely by giuing him rest, warmth and good feeding, as with warme mashes and plenty of prouender. And to quicken his spirits, it shall be good to poure a little oyle and vineger into his Nostrils, and to giue him the drinke of sheeps heads recited before in the Chapter of consumption of the flesh, yea and also to bath his Legges with this bath: take of Mallowes, of Sage, of each two or three handfuls, and a Rose-cake: boile these things together, and being boy∣led, then put vnto it a good quantity of butter or of Sallet-oyle. Or else make him this charge: take of Bole Armony and of Wheat-flower of each halfe a pound, and a little Ro∣zen beaten into powder, and a quart of strong vineger, and mingle them together, and [ 50] couer all his Legs therewith, and if it be summer, turne him to grasse.