Rules to be observed for preserving your Cattle, and in g〈…〉〈…〉 plight, with Signs of Sickness &c.
When you have made this kind of Cattle tractable, the next main thing to be observed, is how to keep the•• healthy; to do this, see their Meat be given them in due season, that no Infectious thing fall into it; keep from their Stalls Hogs, Ducks, Poultry, Pigions, the scent of whose Dung is very offensive to them; and, if scattered in their Provinder, makes them sick, and breeds unwholsome Airs, which cause the Murrain and Scab among them. Comb them down, and rub them well with hard Wisps, as often as your leasure will admit; at least, once in Two Days wash their Claws, and keep them from Gravel and swelling, or from other Defects that may occasion them to break out; Let them Blood, though no urgent Cause re∣quire, it Twice a Year, viz. Springs and Fall of the Moon, being in any of the lower Signs; let them, after it, drink the Pickle of Olives, with a Head of Garlick bruised, and purge once a quarter if you see occasion; at least, Twice in the Year, without it, Three days together; the First may be done by giving them Lupius, and Pese mix∣ed together; the next with the Grains of Cyprus, beaten and steeped a Night in a quart of Water. The Third, by bruising Nutgalls, and boyling them in a quart of Vinegar, Six is a sufficient number.
If you suspect the health of the Beast, goe to him early in the Morning before he eats or drinks, observe well the