I70 THE HISTORY AND ART 



form their tafks with more readinefs and fidelity ; and 

 as it is neceflary that the rider fliould have knowledge 

 and fkill to guide his horfe^ thofe perfons who pro- 

 fefTed the fcience of arms were obliged to learn the 

 art of managing their horfes, in conformity to certain 

 rules and principles ; and hence came the expreflion 

 of learning to ride the great Horfe. 



Thefe heavy-armed troops were called in dqffical 

 Latin CataphraSli : the light-armed cavalry were ftiled 

 in unclajjical Latin, Hobkarii, fi'om their riding Hobbies, or 

 fmall horfes, in French called Habbin, or Jlubin, from 

 the Italian word Ubino, fignifying a fmall horfe, as the 

 word Hackney is derived from the French, Haqiiinee, and 

 that from the Italian Acbinea, which means a quiet ordi- 

 nary horfe. 



Modern horfemen will, perhaps, be furprized to 

 hear, that thefe tilting and war-horfes were all taught 

 to amble ; an ufurping pace, which, for fome cen- 

 turies, almoft univerfally depofed th€ T'rot. 



In the account of the expences of purchafmg and 

 bringing into England the horfes which were bought 

 for Edward in France, among other articles, in the 

 difburfements of his wardrobe, upon this occafion we 

 find 'Trammels (Traynellii, for the accounts are written 

 in Latin) charged as an article, and with the follow- 

 ing addition, explanatory of their ufe, in teaching 

 horfes to amble. Hand aliter fciUcet appellabant injlrumenta. 

 ilia, qidbus ufi funt fabri ferrarii, Jive folearii (anglice far- 

 riers), ut eo faciliiis ad tolJutim incedendwn redderentiir eqiti, 



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