118. Warts on a Jiorse. 73 



monly amonge yonge horses, and menne take lyttell 

 4 hede vnto it ; and yet they wyll dye thenppon, and it t^®*- 49*-] 

 maye be soone cured. 



118. Wartes. 



^ There is a defaute in a horse, that is ne^-ther sorance, "^»f' °* 



" ' .. ' warts 



hurte, nor disease, and that is, if a horse wante wartes behind. 



behynde, benethe the spauen-place, for then he is noo 

 4 chapmannes ware, if he be wylde ; but if he be tame, 



and haue ben rydden vpon, than Caueat emptor, beware Caveai 



the byer, for the byer hath bothe his eyen to se, and 



his handes to handell. It is a sayenge, that suche a 

 8 horse shoulde dye sodeynely, whan he hath lyued as 



many yeres as the mone was dayes olde, at suche tyme 



as he was foled. 



119. The sayinge of the frenche-maii. 



% These be soraunce, hurtes, dyseases, that be nowe 

 comme to my mynde ; and the frenche-man saythe, Mort a French 



proverb. 



de langue et de eschint Sount maladyes saunce medicine. 



4 The moumynge of the tongue, and of the chjme, are 

 diseases without remedy or medicyne. And ferther he 

 saythe. Gardes bien, que il soyt cler de vieu. Que /<?«/ Another 

 trauayle ne soil perdue : Be wel ware that he be clere p^^sb. 



8 of syghte, lest all thy trauayle or ioumeye be lost or 



nyght. And bycause I am a horse-master my-selfe, I 



haue shewed you the soraunce and dyseases of horses, to rp<,i. so.] 



the entent that men shulde beware, & take good hede 



12 what horses they bye of me or of any other. Howe 



be it I saye to my customers, and those that bye anyif,5,^yoa 

 horses of me, and euer they wil trust any hors-master ^^^ 

 or corser whyle they lyue, truste me. SSTme. 



