OF HORSEMANSHIP. 189 



Courfei, the prize and reward of the conquering horfes, 

 being ?i.* Bell ; and it is fubmitted as a ConJeBure, whethet 



the 



* Camden expredy mentions this, as likewife the cuftom of laying 

 large wagers upon the fpeed of the contending horfes — Calateiium 

 7wnus {th.t forell of Galtres j — Hodie equorum folenni curfu, in quo vi£lor^ 

 equo Camipa.nu\a. aurea. prcemio proponitur, celeberrimum : vix enim credibilc 

 quanta hominum muUitudo ad bxc certamina undique confluat, ^ quantis de~ 

 pojitis pignoribus de equorum velociiate cancer tetur. Vid. Camden's Britan. 

 fub Tit. Yorkfliire. 



It has been faid in the foregoing part of this work, that the an- 

 cients were wont, among other ornaments and devices, to deck 

 their horfes with Bells. The following paflages feem to confirm this 

 aflertion. 



Capijira fifiuhfa cami, quibus appenfa funt tintinnabula, in qua infpi- 

 rantes equi vocem tuba mittunt. Bulledgerus from Hefychius. 



Ibid, from Euftathius. Fijtulati cami habuere adjun^a tintinnabula, 



quibus infpirantes equi fonitum tuba edidere. 



Apuleius. Phaleris aureis, fucatis epbippiis, purpureis tapetis, frcenis 

 argenteis, piSlilibus balibeis, tintinnabulis perargutis exornatum equum. 



Bulengerus from the Greek, cap. 17. jErea alligata fronti cum mulds 

 imimmbvXi^ terror em facit. 



Virgil. Primus equi labor eji animos atque arma videre 

 Bellantum, lituofque pati, traSluque gementem 

 Ferrerotam, (^ Jlabulo fnenos audire (onantes. 



Propertius. Sifrxna fonantia/cJ?^ 



Serviet afpir equus 



From fimilar authorities, we have equal reafon to believe, xhzt Bells 



were ufed as an article of horfe-furniture among the moderns, in this 



and other countries. Chaucer, in his Canterbury Tales, fpeaking of 



the Monks, fays, 



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