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of thefe Pigmies, which Mr. Carew regrets, was well 

 repaired by a race of larger, and more able-bodied 

 horfcs ; for ihefe little animals, however pleafmg and 

 ufeful in their own craggy and mountainous country, 

 could not extend their merit beyond its bounds, being 

 too inferior to the taflc of war, the fpeed and fa- 

 tigue of hunting, the fplendour of tournaments, 

 and the magnificent pageantries of the times, efpe- 

 cially of this reign *, which all writers agree were 

 excellive. 



There is alfo a particular entry in the Journals of 

 the Houfe of Lords, which fhews how much they had 

 this caufe at heart. Hodie (viz. 15 June, 1540) tandem 

 leBa eji bil/a educationi equonim procerioris jlatura <£ ccmmuni 

 omnium confenfii, nemine difcnpante, expedita^ 



By another a<5t of parliament of this king, we may 

 perceive what anxiety there was for having large horfes. 

 Some of the regulations are rather fmgular, but judi- 

 cious, for the law is framed fo as to confider indivi- 

 duals in a comparative view of their rank and cireum- 

 • fiances. Every archbifhop and duke are obliged under 

 penalties, to keep feven trotting ftoned-horfes for the 

 laddie, each of which is to be fourteen hands high, at 

 the age of three years. There are afterwads very mi- 

 nute dire(5tions, with regard to the number of the fame 

 kind of horfes, which are to be kept by other ranks 

 and degrees, each in proportion to their circumftances 

 and ftation. 



* Vid. Sir T. More's Poems. 



Each 



