The parfait mareschal, or Compleat farrier. Which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses. II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good or bad use of purging and bleeding. III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing, according to a new design of shoes, which will recover bad feet, and preserve the good. Together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses: as also instructions, whereby to fit all kinds of horses with proper bits, whereof the chief draughts are represented in copper-plates. / Written originally in French by the Sieur de Solleysel Escuyer, sometime one of the overseers of the French Kings Royal Academy of Riding, near to the Hostel de Conde in Paris. And translated from the last Paris impression, by Sir William Hope of Kirkliston Kt. Lieutenat Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh. By whom is also added as a supplement to the first part, a most compendious and excellent collection of horsemanship, taken from the best and most modern writers upon that subject, such as Mr. De la Brow, Pluvinel, and the Great Duke of Newcastle. Part I.

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Title: The parfait mareschal, or Compleat farrier. Which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses. II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good or bad use of purging and bleeding. III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing, according to a new design of shoes, which will recover bad feet, and preserve the good. Together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses: as also instructions, whereby to fit all kinds of horses with proper bits, whereof the chief draughts are represented in copper-plates. / Written originally in French by the Sieur de Solleysel Escuyer, sometime one of the overseers of the French Kings Royal Academy of Riding, near to the Hostel de Conde in Paris. And translated from the last Paris impression, by Sir William Hope of Kirkliston Kt. Lieutenat Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh. By whom is also added as a supplement to the first part, a most compendious and excellent collection of horsemanship, taken from the best and most modern writers upon that subject, such as Mr. De la Brow, Pluvinel, and the Great Duke of Newcastle. Part I.
Author: Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.
Publication: Edinburgh :: Printed by George Mosman,; M.DC.XCVI. [i.e. 1696]
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Subject terms: Horsemanship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.; Horses -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.; Horseshoeing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "The parfait mareschal, or Compleat farrier. Which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses. II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good or bad use of purging and bleeding. III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing, according to a new design of shoes, which will recover bad feet, and preserve the good. Together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses: as also instructions, whereby to fit all kinds of horses with proper bits, whereof the chief draughts are represented in copper-plates. / Written originally in French by the Sieur de Solleysel Escuyer, sometime one of the overseers of the French Kings Royal Academy of Riding, near to the Hostel de Conde in Paris. And translated from the last Paris impression, by Sir William Hope of Kirkliston Kt. Lieutenat Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh. By whom is also added as a supplement to the first part, a most compendious and excellent collection of horsemanship, taken from the best and most modern writers upon that subject, such as Mr. De la Brow, Pluvinel, and the Great Duke of Newcastle. Part I." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B05906.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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CLYSTERS.

The following Clyster will help to allay the boiling of the Blood, if the Horse be also let Blood.

Take Mallows and Marsh-Mallows, of each one handful, Plantane, two handfuls, Suc∣cory, Lettuce and Purslane, of each one handful; boil 'em in five Pints of Water, with an Ounce and a half of Sal Polychrest in Powder; and add to the strain••d Liquor a quarter of a Pound of the Ointment Populeon, without Verdigrease, which some Cheats mix with it to give it a fine green Colour; or if you mistrust that, take a quarter of a Pound of true Unguentum rosatum, not Grease wash'd with Rose-water, and colour'd with Alkanet; Make a Clyster, to be injected after you have rak'd the Horse.

If the Blood continue still to flow, take Plantane Leaves beaten and mix'd with Male Frankincense, Aloes or Myrrh, and put 'em into his Nostrils, holding his Nose up as if you were going to give him a Drench. Then cover his Head, Back, and Reins with a Cloth five or six times doubl'd and dipp'd in Oxycrate, as you were taught before, and throw cold Water frequently on his Sheath and Stones, if he has any.

Sometimes the Blood flows so violently out of the Nostrils, that it cannot be so soon stopp'd; in which Case you may use the following Powder, which is easily prepar'd. Take the Dung of a Stone-Ass, dry it in the Shade, till it may be reduc'd to Powder, and blow it plentifully into the Horse••s Nose thro' a Glass-Pipe, Trunk, or Reed: This will quickly stench the Blood.

The same Powder is of admirable Use for Men that are apt to bleed at the Nose, who may carry some of it in a Box, and snuff it up at the Nose. I have often seen the Effect of it, and it smells only of dry Herbs: but some nice Sparks will cry out, They had rather die than take such a nasty Powder. With all my Heart, Gentlemen, you may follow your Humour; but d'ye think it impossible you cou'd be cheated, and have this Powder impos'd upon you instead of your dear Snuff? And besides who can assure such a dainty Beau, that his Apothecary has not made him swallow ma∣ny a nastier Medicine to cure him of the fashionable Disease? But out of pure Com∣plaisance, I shall subjoin another Remedy for Horses, which their Riders may also use. Take a Hare that is kill••d in the Month of March, flay her, and without larding her, prepare her for the Spit, but do not put her upon it: then dry her in an Oven, so that the whole Flesh may be reduc'd to Powder, which must be blown plentifully into the Horse's Nostrils: for 'tis very effectual to stanch the Blood that flows either out of the Nose, or of a Wound. Thus I have given you a very good and easie Remedy, which does not smell of Ass-Turd.

That which follows is also very good, and may be prepar'd at any time of the Year. Take Bark of Pomegranates dry'd, Roman Vitriol, and Allom, of each four Oun∣ces; reduce 'em to Powder, and reserve 'em for Use. This Powder stanches the Blood in any part of the Body, and is excellent for all sorts of Wounds. It may be kept very long without losing its Virtue.