214 THE HISTORY AND ART 



gave the world a tranflation of a French work much 

 efteemed at that time, and rendered ftill more valuable 

 by the notes and additions which he made to it. 



The prefent Henry earl of Pembroke, (non corpus Jine 

 peSlore) is an illuftrious labourer in this vineyard : he 

 has honoured the art by compofmg a treatife upon 

 ** The Method of breaking Horfes ;" and pradiling what he 

 preaches, inflru(5ls the world both by precept and 

 example. 



Such long has been the ftate of horfemanfliip in 



this kingdom ; but fmce the acceflion of his prefent 



Majefty, the profpecT: has brightened, and better times 



begin to dawn. Since this happy event, the Art has 



raifed itfelf a little, and given fome figns of recovery » 



public riding-houfes have been opened, which are 



largely encouraged, and frequented by the youth of 



the nation: many are calledy and it is to be hoped, many 



v/ill be chofen. — Several private Maneges have likewife 



been eredled by the Princes of the blood, fome of the 



Nobility and Gentry, and, to crown all, his Majefty has 



cre(5ted one for his immediate ufe, where, in his own 



perfon, he cultivates, prote(5ls, and honours the Art, in 



fo diftinguifhed a manner, that under the influence of 



his illuftrious example, we may expect to fee the golden 



age of horfemanfliip revive, and that men will not 



much longer ''complain * of the want of excellent 



" horfes, nor the horfes groan for want of worthy 



" riders." 



* C Morgan's Perfe<5b. of Hoifeman. 1609. 



4 Thus 



