Agriculture -- England; Conduct of life; Home economics, Rural
[Sidenote: Spavin.]
¶ A spauen is an yll sorance, whervppon he wyll halte,
and specyally in the begynnynge, and appereth on the
hynder legges within, and agaynste the ioynte, and it wyll
be a lyttell swolen and harde. And some horses haue 4
throughe spauen, and appereth bothe within and without,
and those be yll to be cured.
107. A courbe.
[Sidenote: A curb.]
¶ A courbe is an yll sorance, and maketh a horse to halte
sore, and appereth vppon the hynder legges streyght
behynde, vnder the camborell place, and a lyttell benethe
the spauen, and wyll be swollen, and yll to cure, if it growe 4
longe vpon hym.
[Sidenote: [Fol. 48_b_.]]
108. The stringe-halte.
[Sidenote: String-halt.]
¶ The stryng-halte is an yl disease, and maketh hym
to twyche vp his legge sodeynly, and maketh hym to
halte, and cometh ofte with a colde, and doth not appere
outwarde. 4
109. Enterfyre.
[Sidenote: Enterfire.]
¶ Enterfyre is a sorance, and cometh of yll shoynge, and
appereth ofte both behynde and before, betwene the
fete agaynst the fetelockes; there is no remedy but good
showynge. 4
110. Myllettes.
[Sidenote: Millets.]
¶ Myllettes is an yll sorance, and appereth in the fetelockes
behynde, & causeth the heare to sheede thre or
foure inches of length, and a quarter of an inche in brede,
lyke as it were bare; and yll to cure but it maye be perceiued, 4
and specially in wynter tyme.
111. The peynes.
[Sidenote: ‘The peynes.’]
¶ The peynes is an yll soraunce and appereth in the fetelockes,
and wyl swel in wynter tyme, and oyse of water,
and the heare wyll stare and be thyn, and yl to cure,
but it wyl be seen in winter. 4
112. Cratches.
[Sidenote: Cratches.]
¶ Cratches is a soraunce that wyll cause a horse to halt,
and commeth of yll kepynge, and appereth in the
pasturnes, lyke as the skyn were cut ouerthwarte, that a
[Sidenote: [Fol. 49.]]
man maye laye a white strawe, and it is sone cured. 4
113. Atteynt.
[Sidenote: Attaint.]
¶ Atteynt is a sorance, that commeth of an ouer-rechynge,
yf it be before; and if it be behynde, it is of
the tredynge of an other horse, the whiche maye be soone
cured. 4
114. Grauelynge.
[Sidenote: Gravelling.]
¶ Grauelynge is a hurte, that wyll make a horse to halte,
and commethe of grauell and lyttel stones, that goth in
betwene the shough and the herte of the fote, and is sone
mended. 4
115. A-cloyed.
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