78. Nine properties of an ass. 65 



78. The .ix. propertyes of an asse. 

 \ The fyrste is to be small-mouthed ; the seconde, to be C^oL 4^*0 

 longe-rayned : the .iii. to be thyn-cressed ; the fourthe, ^* '■ 

 to be streyght-backed ; the fyfth, to haue small stones ; 

 4 the syxte, to be lathe-legged ; the .vii. to be rounde-foted ; 

 the eyght, to be holowe-foted ; the .ix. to haue a toughe 

 houe. 



79. The .X. properties of a woman. 



% The fyrst is, to be mery of chere ; the seconde, to be ten, of a 



" ■' ■' woman : 



well paced ; the thyrde, to haue a brode foreheed ; the 

 fourth, to haue brode buttockes ; the fyfthe, to be harde 



4 of warde ; the s}'xte, to be easye to lepe vppon ; the .vii. 

 to be good at a longe iourneye; the .viii. to be well 

 sturrjnge vnder a man ; the .ix. to be alwaye besye with 

 the mouthe ; the tenth, euer to be chowynge on the 



8 brydell. ^ It myght fortune I coude shewe as many 

 defautes of horses, as here be good propertyes, but than yo'i^fauits of 

 I shulde breake my promyse, that I made at Grombalde then i' 

 br}-dge, the first tyme I wente to Ryppon for to bye coltes. break my 



T-, . . I • /- 1 «- I promise. 



1 2 But it is to suppose, that if a horse want any of these 

 good propertyes, that he shulde haue a defaute in the 

 same place. And this is suffycient for this time. 



80. •[ The diseases and sorance of horses. [F0I.45.] 



Nowe it is to be knowen, the soraunce and dvseases of Diseases of 



horses. 



horses, & in what partes of theyr bodyes they be ; that 

 a man maye the rather perceyue them. And howe be it 

 4 that it may be against my profyt, yet I wil shewe you 

 suche as cometh to my mynde. 



81. The lampas. 



^ In the mouthe is the lampas, & is a thycke skyn full The lampas. 

 of bloude, hang)nge ouer his tethe aboue, that he may 

 not eate. 



