Item Information | The fower chiefyst offices belongyng to horsemanshippe that is to saye. The office of the breeder, of the rider, of the keper, and of the ferrer. In the firste parte wherof is declared the order of breding of horses. In the seconde howe to breake them, and to make theym horses of seruyce, conteyninge the whole art of ridynge lately set forth, and nowe newly corrected and amended of manye faultes escaped in the fyrste printynge, as well touchyng the bittes as other wyse. Thirdely howe to dyet them, aswell when they reste as when they trauell by the way. Fourthly to what diseases they be subiecte, together with the causes of such diseases, the sygnes howe to knowe them, and finally howe to cure the same. Whyche bookes are not onely paynfully collected out of a nomber of aucthours, but also orderly dysposed and applyed to the vse of thys oure cou[n]trey. By Tho. Blundeuill of Newton Flotman in Norff. | Early English Books Online | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections

Of the diseases in the throte and lungs, and why the griefes of the shoulders and hippes be be not mentioned before amongst the griefes of the withers and backe. The .lxiiii. Chapter.

Of the Glaunders, and Stranguyllion, so called according to the Italion name Stranguijlione. The .lxv. Chapter.

Of the mourning of the Chyne. The .lxvi. Chapter.

Of the Stranguylion or Squynancye. The .lxvii. Chapter.

Of the Cough. The .lxviii. Chapter.

Of the inwarde and wet Coughe. The .lxix. Chapter.

Of the dry Coughe. The .lxx. Chapter.

Of the fretized, broken, and rotten lungs. The .lxxi. Chapter.

Of putryfied or rotten lungs. The .lxxii. Chapter.

Of shortnesse of breath. The .lxxiii. Chapter.

Of the Pursicke. The .lxxiiii. Chapter.

Of a Consumption. The .lxxv. Chapter.

Of the Consumption of the flesh, and howe to make a leane horse fatte. The .lxxvi. Chapter.

Of griefe in the breast. The .lxxvii. Chapter.

Of the payne at the harte called Anticor, that is to say contrary to the heart. The .lxxviii. Chapter.

Of tyered horses. The .lxxix. Chapter.

Of the diseased partes vnder the mydriffe, and first of the stomacke. The .lxxx. Chapter.

Of the lothing of meate. The .lxxxi. Chapter.

Of casting out his drinke. The .lxxxii. Chapter.

Of surfetting with glut of Prouender. The .lxxxiii. Chapter.

Of an other kinde of surfetting with meate or drinke, called of vs foundering in the body. The .lxxxiiij. Chapter.

Of the hungry euill. The .lxxxv. Chapter.

Of the diseases in the Liuer. The .lxxxvi. Chapter.

Of the consumption of the Lyuer. The .lxxxvij. Chapter.

Of the diseases in the Gall. The .lxxxviij. Chapter.

Of the diseases in the Splene. The .lxxxix. Chapter.

Of the yealows. The .xc. Chapter.

Of the euill habit of the body and of the Dropsie. The .xci. Chapter.

Of the diseases in the guttes of a Horse, and first of the Cholycke. The .xcij. Chapter.

Of Costiuenesse, or belly bounde. The .xciij. Chapter.

Of the Laxe. The .xciiij. Chapter.

Of the bloudy Flixe. The .xcv. Chapter.

Of the Wormes. The .xcvi. Chapter.

Of the payne in the kidneyes. The .xcvij. Chapter.

Of the diseases belonging to the Bladder and vrine of a horse. The .xcviij. Chapter.

Of pissing bloude. The .xcix. Chapter.

Of the Colt euill. The .C. Chapter.

Of the mattering of the yarde. The .Ci. Chapter.

Of the sheading of séede. The .Cij. Chapter.

Of the falling of the Yarde. The .Ciij. Chapter.

Of the swelling of the Codde and stones. The .Ciiij. Chapter.

Of incording or brusting. The .Cv. Chapter.

Of the botch in the graynes of a horse. The .Cvi. Chapter.

Of the diseases incident to the wombe of a Mare, and specially of barrennesse. The .Cvij. Chapter.

An other receyte for the same purpose.

Of the Itche, Scabbe, and Maunginesse in the tayle, and falling of the tayle. The .Cviij. Chapter.

How to know when a horse halteth before, in what parte his griefe is. The .Cix. Chapter.

Of the griefe and pinching in the shoulder. The .Cx. Chapter.

Of wrinching the shoulder. The .Cxi. Chapter.

Of splayting of the shoulder. The .Cxij. Chapter.

Of the shoulder pight. The .Cxiij. Chapter.

Of the swelling of the forelegs after great labour. The .Cxiiij. Chapter.

Of foundering in the forelegges. The .Cxv. Chapter.

Of the splent as well in the insyde or outside of the knée, as other where in the legge. The .Cxvi. Chapter.

Of a Malander. The .Cxvij. Chapter.

Of an vpper attaynt or ouer reach vpon the backe synewe of the shanke somewhat aboue the ioynt. The .Cxviij. Chapter.

Of a neather taynt. The .Cxix. Chapter.

Of an ouer reach vpon the heele. The .Cxx. Chapter.

Of false quarters. The .Cxxi. Chapter.

Of halting behinde, and where the griefe is. The .Cxxij. Chapter.

Of a horse that is hipped, or hurt in the hippes. The .Cxxiij. Chapter.

Of stiffling and hurtes in the stiffle. The .Cxxiiij. Chapter.

Of foundering behinde. The .Cxxv. Chapter.

Of the drie Spauen. The .Cxxvi. Chapter.

Of the wette Spauen, or through Spauen: The .Cxxvij. Chapter.

Of the Selander. The .Cxxviij. Chapter.

Of the Hough bonny. The .Cxxix. Chapter.

Of the Curbe. The .Cxxx. Chapter.

Of the Paynes. The .Cxxxi. Chapter.

Of Mules, or Kybed héeles, called of the Italians Mule. The .Cxxxij. Chapter.

Of sorances or griefes that be commen to all foure féete. The .Cxxxiij. Chapter.

Of windgalles. The .Cxxxiiij. Chapter.

Of wrinching the neather ioynt. The .Cxxxv. Chapter.

Of enterfering. The .Cxxxvi. Chapter.

Of the shakell gall. The .Cxxxvij. Chapter.

Of hurtes in the legges, that commeth by casting in the Halter, or Coller. The .Cxxxviij. Chapter.

Of the Cratches or Rattes tayles called of the Italians Crepaccie. The .Cxxxix. Chapter.

Of the Ring bone. The .Cxl. Chapter.

Of the Crowne scabbe. The .Cxli. Chapter.

Of hurtes vpon the cronet by crossing one foote ouer an other, which the Italians call Supraposte. The .Cxlij. Chapter.

Of the quitterbone. The .Cxliij. Chapter.

Of the Graueling. The .Cxliiij. Chapter.

Of Surbating. The .Cxlv. Chapter.

Of a pricke in the sole of the foote, eyther by trea∣ding on a nayle, or any other sharpe thing that doth enter into the foote. The .Cxlvi. Chapter.

Of the Figg. The .Cxlvij. Chapter.

Of a Retreate. The .Cxlviij. Chapter.

Of Cloying. The .Cxlix.

Of lousening the houe. The .Cl. Chapter.

Of casting the houe. The .Cli. Chapter.

Of the houe bounde. The .Clij. Chapter.

Of the running Frushe. The .Cliij. Chapter.

Of diseases or griefes indifferently incident to any part of the body, but first of the Leprosie or vniuersall maunginesse called of the olde wryters Elephantia. The .Cliiij. Chapter.

Of the Farcyn, called in Italian of some, il verme, and of some Farcina. The .Clv. Chapter.

Of the Canker called of the Italians il Cancro. The .Clvi. Chapter.

Of the Fistula, called of the Italians Fistula. The .Clvij. Chapter.

Of an Anburye. The .Clviij. Chapter.

Of woundes. The .Clix. Chapter.

Of woundes in the fleshy partes. The .Clx. Chapter.

Of a Hurt with an arrowe. The .Clxi. Chapter.

Of pulling out shyuers or thornes. The .Clxij. Chapter.

Of Brusings or swellings. The .Clxiij. Chapter.

Of sinewes cut, prickt, or broosed. The .Clxiiij. Chapter.

How to cure a wounde made with Hargabush shotte. The .Clxv. Chapter.

Of burning with Lyme, or any other fyrie thing. The .Clxvi. Chapter.

Of the byting of a madde dogge. The .Clxvij. Chapter.

Of hurtes by the Tuskes of a Boare. The .Clxviij. Chapter.

To heale the byting or stinging of Serpents. The .Clxix. Chapter.

Of drinking of Horse leaches. The .Clxx. Chapter.

Of swalowing downe hennes dong. The .Clxxi. Chapter.

Of Lyce, how to kill them. The .Clxxij. Chapter.

How to saue horses, from the stinging of Flyes in Sommer. The .Clxxiij. Chapter.

Of bones being broken or out of ioynt. The .Clxxiiij. Chapter.

Of bones out of ioynt. The .Clxxv. Chapter.

Certayne receytes of playsters, very good for bro∣ken bones, taken out of the olde Authours, wryting of horse leache crafte. The .Clxxvi. Chapter.

A nother receyte for broken bones, The .Clxxvij. Chapter.

An oyntment for broken bones. The .Clxxviij. Chapter.

In howe many vaynes a Horse may be let bloude in, and to what ende. The .Clxxix. Chapter.

The order of taking vp vaynes, and where∣fore it is good. The .Clxxx. Chapter.

Of purging with purgation or Glyster. The .Clxxxiij. Chapter.

Of Purgations. The .Clxxxiiij. Chapter.

Of Cauterization, or gyuing the fyre aswell actuall as potentiall. The .Clxxxv. Chapter.

Of Cauteris Potentiall. The .Clxxxvi. Chapter.

The receyte of a Causticke vsed by Chiron to dry vp superfluous moysture, and to bind parts loos∣ned, and to strengthen parts weakned. The .Clxxxvij. Chapter.

A nother Caustick vsed by Pelagonius, to dry vp swellings, bladders, wingals, and splents, in the legges and ioyntes. The .Clxxxviij. Chapter.

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