84 THE HISTORY AND ART 



lUe eguus, ilk meos in cajlra reponet amores. 

 Cut Tatius dextras colhcat ipfejuhas. 



Me to my Tatius fliall that horfe convey, 



That favour'd horfe, whofe mane he loves to lay 



On the right fide 



Varro, in defcribing its properties, fays likewife that 

 it fliould be plaited, or formed into knots on the right 

 fide. 



In dexteriorem partem impUcata. 



To which fafliion Statins alludes, in his defcription 

 of a young hunter. 



CoUa Jedent nodis, ^ cajiigata jiibarum 

 Libert as. 



His flowing mane, in braided knots confin'd, 

 Lays on his neck, nor fears the ruffling wind. 



It was ufual alfo for them to flieer and cut off the 

 manes ; whence Propertius fays *, that his miftrefs 

 Cynthia was borne in her litter by Manui, or nags 

 whofe Manes had been cut off. Dctonjis mannis. 



They were wont to diftinguiili their horfes by cer- 

 tain marks, which they burnt into their flefli, as the 

 Greeks did before them : thefe were the initial letters 

 of the owners names, figures of animals, and other 

 devices, by which the horfes were known and appro- 



* Lib. ii. eleg. 8. Varro, lib. iv. c. y. 



Virg. Geor. iii. v. 86. Prop. lib. 4. 



Stat. Theb, lib. ix. v. 6Sj. . 



priated;. 



