Maison rustique, or, the countrey farme / compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Surflet ... Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French, Albyterio [i.e. the 'Libro de albeyteria' of F. de la Reyna] in Spanish, Grilli [i.e. Gallo?] in Italian, and other authors. And the husbandry of France, Italie, and Spaine reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham.

Charles Estienne

Date:: 1616

Credit: Maison rustique, or, the countrey farme / compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Surflet ... Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French, Albyterio [i.e. the 'Libro de albeyteria' of F. de la Reyna] in Spanish, Grilli [i.e. Gallo?] in Italian, and other authors. And the husbandry of France, Italie, and Spaine reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$lOO 'The Caught Tame, Headach, Scabs, Vkei, \ •» The di/iafes of the flanges. The firU Booke of towards the roots of their homes, and in their cares j their mouth is veric hot, and fwcat aboundaiitly,and withall,cac alraoft nothing at all ; the hanging out and draw¬ ing in of his tongue verie drie ; heauic in his head j his eyes diftilling,and halte ftiutj his muzzle filled and all to be driiiclcd with flcgraatike water; and his takino-of his breath long î and yet notwithftanding hee doth not, without great paineand muchdiftanceof time, complainchimfelfe,or tiirneoften. The firtl day that you fliall percciue him thus fickc, let him faft all the day long : the next day let him blond in the morning whiles he is fading, and that vndcr the taile in fmall quantitic. Fiuc daies after you lhall feed him with the decoftion of Clot-burre with honey and brine ; at the lead you lhall offer him this before all other meat, either «rrccnc or moid, as lhall be the crops of Lentils, and other young fprouts and buds which you lhall thinke meet and conuenient for the bead : walh his mouth thrice a day with a fpongc dipt in vineger, and after that,you lhall makehira drinkc verie cold water in like manner thiee times, and fo you lhall let him goe into Ibmepadure ground,vntill his Ague haue clcanc left him. The Cough of an Oxe mud hkcwile be as carefully looked vnto as tbac of the Horfc; for it mud not be fuffered to grow old and endure long vpon him, fecino- it is not curable but at the beginning ; you lhall make him take fading halfc a quaSer of a peck of Barly meale,wherein you lhall put a whole eggc,the fliell cxccptcd,an<l with a quarter of a pint of cuted wine, you lhall make him drinkc it with a home, or otherwife : Or elfe take of Dogges-gralTc and dampc it, after mixe and ftcepc it in warrae water with Beane meale, cold Grucll, and the meale of Lentils, all thisbe- ' ing well mixed,you lhall giueit to the bead early in the morning. For an old Cou«^h It is fufficienc to take two handfuls of Hyfope, old or new, and make a dccoaionIn _ j:ommon wateh^fter,whcn you haue drained it,you lhall mix therwithof the flower of Starch two parts,and caufe the bead to take them thus. The diddled water of Hy¬ fope may be putamongd, or clfc the decodion of Mints and Hyfope together. The juicc of Lcekes is good for the fame, being prefled out well and drongly, and giuen with oyle Oliue ; for there hath not becne knownc fo old and lon<y o-rownc a Cou<»h which the roots of Leekes, walhed, made cleane, and giuen in decoOion with t^c flower ofWheat,hath not put downeand rebated the flrength of. Of the fame cffca is the flower of the cucrlaflingTarc,comroonly giuen and vfed,or offred with honi¬ ed watcr,at fuch time as the Oxe driueleth mod at his mouth. ^ For all manner of pains,in what parts of the bodie foeuer they bc,caufino- the Oxc that he can neither gqe nor doe anie other thing well, make fomentations, and apply cataplafmes,with thcdecoaionofCamomill,Me]iIot,andLinrecd. , • of the head,bray Garlick in wine,and make him let it downc through his noflhrils : after bath all his head with the dccoftion of the Icaues of Sa^cJVlarfc. romc,Lauander,Rue,Bay leaues,and Walnut-tree leaucs in wine, ^ Scabs are healed with Duckes greafe mingled with oyle Oliue : or clfc take the gall of an Oxc, and powder it, with Sulphur viuum, adding thereto Myrrhc.Oylc, and Vineger,and a little plume Allomc well brayed and fmall powned. Exulcerated places, caufed cither without manifefl occalion, or elfe by fome acci¬ dent, are yene much holpen with the powder of Galls well brayed in a Mortar : So Smifoes FwHorchound, wherein hath bcene ftcept the foot of a In thedif^fcs of the flanks,whercwith Oxen are oftentimes tormentcd,voumuft make a Gataplaimc of three handfuls of the feed of Coleworts, with a quarter of a peck of Starch well powned together and mingled with cold water, applyine it af¬ terward vnto the pained places. But the mod foueraigne that may be found, is, to takeof the kaues of CyprefTe, without the boughes, three handfuls, and to doc as Kabouefaid, adding thereto flrongvineger, to knead and diflblue the fame in: hA A^œ f Pcrrofln,or Colophoni, which is more hard and diUoluc and make them liquid at the heat of the fire, and whiles k is yet good and hot, mixc thacwith the flower of Barly, and make it all boylc cogether, and$

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