Of Difeafes in Oxen. 



C H A P. HI. For a Bruife en a Beafl's Shoulder. 



LAbnuring Oxen may be lame or fore bruifed on their Shoulders, either by 

 going on the hard Ground, by a criifh of a Poft or Gate, let them 

 but bleed on the fore-Legs it (hall certainly heal them. 



C H A P. IV. For a Beafl that has accidentally gotten Venom either in 



his 'tongue or Body, 



Your Ox u'ill commonly gap.?, and eat no Meat, but ftand holding his 

 Head and mourn, if he has eat any venomous Grafs or flich-like : For 

 care whereof, give him to fwallow down a white Onion bruifed, well mix'd 

 with a little good Vinegar, but befure before he has it, you rub his Mouth 

 and Tongue well with it. 



C H A P. V. To kiU Lice or Ttcks in Cattle, 



BY taking Cold after a great Rain, by fome Sicknefs or Surfeit, your 

 Oxen, Kine, or other Cattle may be Loufie ; for a Remedy, rub and 

 chafe the Beaft all over with th^ Dccodion of wild Olives mix'd with Salt, 

 or take Penny-royal mix'd with Garlick ftamp'd, give it the Beaft in Ale or 

 Beer, and chafe him a while after. Some fay Rain will kill them, if you 

 fift Afhes on their Backs. If you feed your Cattle well and put them into 

 good Pdftuie, it will not be long e'er they are Well. If they have Lice or 

 Ticks about them, thefe Medicines above are very good to kill them with. 



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C H A P. V^ Jgainfi the Swelling of Cattle by eating of green Corn. 



Our Cattle will be in danger of Death (without fpeedv remedy) if 

 _ through negligence of t'he Keeper, they eat of Barley, Rie, or Wheat, 

 that is near ripe, for it will lie and (prout in their Maws_, and caufe in 

 them a mighty fwelling. To help them, feme drive them up and down, 

 till they fee them alfwage thereof, and fo they recover. Some throw a 

 new4aid Egg, Shell and all, into the Beail's Mouth, and break it in h's 

 Mouth, making him fwallow it with Ale. Som.e give him an handful cf 

 Nettle-tops well beat, and ftrained with Wine or honeyed Water. Some 

 ftamp or ftrain Juniper Leaves or green Berries with Wine, and give it 

 the Beaft. Others give the Bealt in Ale or Beer, Soot, and the hard Rone 

 of a red Herring well beaten. All which are approved Remedies. 



Chap. VII. of an Ox or other Beafi that have lofi their ^uide. 

 N Ox or other Beaft will mourn, and eat nothing (becaufe he cannot 

 digeft what he hath already eaten) if he happen to lofe his Quide, as 

 perhaps by fome occafion it may fall out of his Mouth : To remedy this, 

 fbme take pan of the Quide out of another Beaft's Mouth of the like Na- 



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