Gervase Markham

English poet and writer

Born	1568?
Died	1637

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Markham's master-piece: containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach, touching the curing all diseases in horses. Drawn with great pains and approved experience, and the publick practice of the best horse-marshals in Christendom. Divided into two books. The I. Containing cures physical: The II. All cures chyrurgical. Together with the nature, use, and quality of every simple mentioned through the whole work. Now the nineteenth time printed, corrected and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and forty new medicines, heretofore never published. To which is added, the exactest receipts for curing all diseases, in oxen, cows, sheep, hogs, goats, dogs, and all small cattle. Also the Compleat jockey. Containing methods for the training horses up for racing, with their heats and courses, and manner of keeping, &c. Also, instructions to avoid being cheated by horse-coursers. To which is added in this nineteenth impression, directions to preserve all sorts of cattle from all manner of diseases, and to feed cattle fat, without corn, hay, or grass. Also the way to improve St-Foin. With divers other things never before made publick.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1615
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Markhams Farwell to husbandry, or, The inriching of all sorts of barren and sterile grounds in our kingdome, to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse, and grasse, as the best grounds whatsoeuer: together with the annoyances, and preseruation of all graine and seede, from one yeare to many yeares : as also a husbandly computation of men and cattels dayly labours, their expences, charges, and vttermost profits.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1625
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The English hous-wife: containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman ... : a work generally approved, and now the seventh time much augmented, purged, and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the general good of this nation

by Gervase Markham First published in 1653
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The English housewife

by Gervase Markham First published in 1637
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The citizen and countryman's experienced farrier ...: to all which is added, a valuable and fine collection of the surest and best receipts in the known world for the cure of all maladies and distempers that are incident to horses of what kind soever, with directions to know what is the ailment, or disease

by Gervase Markham First published in 1764
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A way to get wealth: containing six principal vocations, or callings, in which every good husband or house-wive may lawfully employ themselves ...

by Gervase Markham and William Lawson First published in 1653
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Markhams methode or epitome: wherein is shewed his aprooued remedies for all diseases whatsoeuer incident to horses, oxen, kine, bulls, calues, sheep, lambs, goats, swine, dogs of all kind, conies, all sorts of poultrye, all water-foule, as geese, ducks, swans, and the like) pigeons, all singing birds, hawks of all kind; and other creatures seruice-able for the vse of man: deuided into twelue generall points or heads. By Gervase Markham. Gentleman.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1616
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The perfect horse-man, or, The experienced secrets of Mr. Markham's fifty years practice: shewing how a man may come to be a general horseman by the knowledge of these seven offices, viz. the breeder, feeder, ambler, rider, keeper, buyer, farrier

by Gervase Markham First published in 1656
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Markhams maister-peece, or, What doth a horse-man lacke: containing all possible knowledge whatsoeuer which doth belong to any smith, farrier or horse-leech, touching the curing of all maner of diseases or sorrances in horses : drawne with great paine and most approued experience from the publique practise of all the forraine horse-marshals of Christendome and from the priuate practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome : being deuided into two bookes, the first containing all cures physicall, the second whatsoeuer belongeth to chirurgerie, with an addition of 130 most principall chapters and 340 most excellent medicines, receits and secrets worthy euery mans knowledge, neuer written of nor mentioned in any author before whatsoeuer : together with the true nature, vse, and qualitie of euerie simple spoken of through the whole worke : reade me, practise me, and admire me

by Gervase Markham First published in 1610
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Country contentments; or The husbandmans recreations: Containing the wholsome experience, in which any ought to recreate himself, after the toyl of more serious business: as namely, hunting, hawking, coursing with grey-hounds, and the laws of leash, shooting in the long-bow or cross-bow, bowling, tennis, baloon; the whole art of angling, and the use of the fighting cock. By G. Markham. The eleventh edition. Newly corrected, enlarged, and adorned with many excellent additions, as may appear by this mark

by Gervase Markham First published in 1654
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Country contentments, or, The husbandmans recreations: containing the wholesome experience, in which any ought to recreate himself, after the toyle of more serious businesse : as namely, hunting, hawking, coursing with grayhounds, and the lavves of lease, shooting in the longbow or crossbow, bouling, tennis, baloone, the whole art of angling, and the use of the fighting cock

by Gervase Markham First published in 1654
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The art of archerie: shewing how it is most necessary in these times for this kingdome, both in peace and war, and how it may be done without charge to the country, trouble to the people, or any hinderance to necessary occasions : also, of the discipline, the postures, and whatsoever else is necessarie for the attayning to the art.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1634
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How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses: vvith all the secrets thereto belonging discouered: An arte neuer heere-to-fore vvritten by any authour. Also a discourse of horsmanship, wherein the breeding, and ryding of horses for seruice, in a briefe manner, is more methodically sette downe, then hath been heeretofore: vvith a more easie and direct course for the ignorant, to attaine to the sayd arte or knowledge. Together with a newe addition for the cure of the horses diseases, of what kinde or nature soeuer.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1593
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Markhams faithfull farrier: wherein the depth of his skill is layd open in all those principall and approued secrets of horsemanship, which the author neuer published, but hath kept in his brest, and hath beene the glory of his practise.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1630
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Cheape and good husbandry: for the well-ordering of all beasts and fowles, and for the general cure of their diseases : containing the natures, breeding, choice, use, feeding, and curing of the diseases, of all manner of cattell, as horse, oxe, cow, sheepe, goats, swine, and tame conies : shewing further the whole art of riding great horses ... : also, approved rules for the cramming and fatting of all sorts of poultry ... : together with the use and profit of bees, the manner of fish-ponds ... : gathered together for the generall good and profit of the common-wealth ...

by Gervase Markham First published in 1653
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The English husbandman: drawne into two bookes, and each booke into two parts ...

by Gervase Markham First published in 1614
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The true Tragedy Of Herod And Antipater: With the Death of faire Marriam. According to Iosephvs, the learned and famous Iewe.

by Gervase Markham First published in 1622
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A way to get wealth: Containing five principail vocations, or callings, in which every good husband, or house-wife may lawfully imploy themselves. ... The first five bookes gathered by G.M. [Gervase Markham] the last by Master W.L. [William Lawson] for the benefit of Great Brittain

by Gervase Markham First published in 1648
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The citizen & countryman's experienced farrier: together with a valuable collection of the best receipts in the known world for the cure of all maladies and distempers incident to horses of what kind soever, with directions to know the ailment, or disease

by Gervase Markham, G. Jefferies, and John Millis First published in 1764
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A way to get vvealth: containing six principal vocations or callings, in which euery good husband or house-wife may lawfully imploy themselues, as I. The natures ordering, curing, breeding, choise use, and feeding of all sorts of cattle and fowle ..., II. The knowledge, vse, and laudable practise of all the recreations meet for a gentleman, III. The office of housewife, in physicke, surgery, extraction of oyles ..., IV. The enrichment of the weald in Kent, V. The husbanding, and enriching of all sorts of barraine grounds ..., VI. The making of orchards, planting, and grafting ...

by Gervase Markham First published in 1633
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English poet and writer

Born	1568?
Died	1637

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OLID: OL364104A
ISNI: 0000000073753856
Library of Congress Names: n50041816
Project Gutenberg: 25615
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): UFIV081111
VIAF: 69739029
Wikidata: Q456590
Inventaire.io: wd:Q456590

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