The gentlemans jockey, and approved farrier instructing in the natures, causes, and cures of all diseases incident to horses. With an exact and easie method of breeding, buying, dieting, and otherwise ordering all sorts of horses, as well for common and ordinary use, as the heats and course. With divers other curiosities collected by the long practice, experience and pains of J.H. Esquire, Matthew Hodson, Mr. Holled, Mr. Willis, Mr\ Robinson, Mr. Holden, Thomas Empson, Mr. Roper, Mr. Medcalf, and Nathaniel Shaw.

CCXX. For any Cold or Cough whatsoever, wet or dry, or for any Consumption or Putre∣faction of the Lungs whatsoever.

A Cold is got by unnatural Heats and too sudden cooling, and these Colds ingen∣der Coughs, and these Coughs putrefaction, and rotteness of the Lungs: The Cure there∣fore for them all in general, is to take a handful or two of the white and greenest Moss, which grows upon an old Oak, or any old Oaken Pale or Wood, and boyl it in a quart of Milk till it be thick, and being cold and turned to a jelly, then strain it and give it to the Horse luke-warm every morning, till his Cough ceaseth.