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en son conseil d'Etat, son chambellan ordinaire, 

 et sous-gouverneur^ de sa Majeste. Le tout 

 grave et represents en grandes figures de taille 

 douce par Chrispian de Pas, Flammand a Thon- 

 neur du Roy, et a la memoire de M. de Pluvinel. 

 Paris 1624." This is written partly in the form 

 of a dialogue between the King and his in- 

 structor. 



Rene de Menon strongly recommends Pluvi- 

 nel's system in his publication, * * La practique 

 du Cavalier.'^ 



The last of these productions we shall here 

 mention, and which brings us up to the time of 

 Charles II, is the splendid work of William 

 Cavendish, afterwards Duke of Newcastle, writ- 

 ten and published during his long exile at Ant- 

 werp, in 1658. It was originally written in 

 French, and entitled, '' Methode et Invention 

 nouvelle de dresser les Chevaux," containing a 

 frontispiece and forty-two well executed plates. 

 The Duke was instructor in riding to Charles II, 

 when Prince of Wales ; and mentions that such 

 was the precocity of his royal pupil, that at 

 between nine and ten years of age the young 

 prince had attained the most firm and beautiful 

 seat ever beheld, and managed a horse, through 

 all his airs and paces, with the greatest address 

 and judgment. This work, although containing 



