e _Length_, and _Strength_ of
Cocks. The _Length_ is thus known: Gripe the Cock by the Waste, and make
him shoot out his Legs, and in this Posture compare, _And have your
Judgment about you._ The _Strength_ is known by this Maxime, _The
largest in the Garth, is the strongest Cock._ The Dimension of the
_Garth_, is thus known: Gripe the Cock about from the joynts of your
Thumb, to the points of your Great _Finger_, and you will find the
Disadvantage. _The weak long _Cock_ is the quickest easier Riser, and
the short strong one, the surest Striker._

Thus being well Matcht, accoutre him for the Pit. Clip his _Main_ off
close to his Neck, from his head to his shoulders. Clip his _Tail_ close
to his _Rump_, the Redder it appears the better. His _Wings_ sloping,
with sharp Points [ware Eye Adversary:] Scrape smooth, and sharpen his
_Spurs_; leave no feathers on his Crown; then moisten his head with
Spittle; and now favour us Fortune.

The Battle done search, and suck your Cocks wounds, and wash them well
with hot _Urine_, then give him a Roll of your best Scowring, and stove
him for that Night. If he be swelled, the next morning, suck and bathe
his Wounds again, and pounce them with the Powder of the Herb _Robert_,
thro a fine Bag; give him an handfull of Bread in warm Urine, and stove
him, till the swelling be down. If he be hurt in his Eye, chew a little
ground _Ivy_, and Spit the Juice in it; which is good for _Films_,
_Haws_, _Warts_, &c. Or if he hath _veined_ himself in his fight, by
narrow striking, or other cross blows, when you have found the hurt,
bind the soft Down of Hare to it, will cure it.

When you visit your wounded _Cocks_, a month or two after you have put
them to their Walks, if you find about their heads any swollen Bunches,
hard and blackish at one end, then there are unsound Cores undoubtedly
in them; therefore open them, and with your Thumb crush them out, suck
out the Corruption, and fill the holes with fresh Butter; and that will
infallibly cure them.

_Cures for Distempers incident to the Cock or Chick of the Game._

For _Lice_, being most common, I begin with; proceeding from corrupt
Meat, and want of Bathing, _&c._ Take _Pepper_ beaten to Powder, mix it
with warm Water, and wash them with it.

For the _Roup_; a filthy swelling on the Rump, and very contagious to
the whole body, the staring and turning back of the Feathers is it
Symptome. Pull away the Feathers, open and thrust out the Co