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120. Horse-masters, corsers, and leeches. 



A horse- 

 master buys 

 wild colts 

 and breeds 

 them and 

 breaks them 



A courser 

 merely deals 

 in them. 



A horse- 

 leech cures 

 their 

 diseases. 

 Add to these 

 an apothe- 

 cary, and 

 you have 4 

 rogues. 



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120. ^ The diuersitie bytwene a horse-mayster, 

 a corser, and a horse-leche. 



A Horse-mayster is he, that bieth wylde horses, or 

 coltes, and bredeth theym, and selleth theym agayne 

 wylde, or breaketh parte of them, and maketh theym 

 tame, and than selleth them. A corser is he, that byeth 

 all rydden horses, and selleth them agayne. The horse- 

 leche is he, that takethe vppon hym to cure and mende 

 all maner of diseases and soraunce that horses haue. 

 And whan these three be mette, if ye hadde a potycarye 

 to make the fourthe, ye myghte haue suche foure, that 

 it were harde to truste the best of them. It were also 

 conuenyent to shew medicynes and remedyes for al these 

 diseases and sorances ; but it wolde be to longe a pro- 

 cesse at this tyme, for it wolde be as moche as halfe 

 this boke. And I haue not the perfyte connynge, nor 

 the experyence, to shewe medycynes and remedyes for 

 theym all. And also the horse-leches wolde not be 

 content therwith, for it myghte fortune to hurte or 

 hynder theyr occupation. 



Whoso hath 

 sheep, swine 

 and bees, 

 shall surely 

 thrive. 



Have only 

 boars and 

 sows ; no 

 hogs. 



121. ^ Of swyne. 



Nowe thou husbande, that haste bothe horses and 

 mares, beastes and shepe : It were necessary also, that 

 thou haue bothe swyne and bees ; for it is an olde 



4 sayinge : he that hath bothe shepe, swyne, and bees, 

 slepe he, wake he, he maye thryue. And that sayenge 

 is, bycause that they be those thinges that moste profyt 

 riseth of in the shortest space, with least coste. Than 



8 se howe manye swyne thou art able to kepe ; let them 



be bores and sowes all, and no hogges. And if thou 



be able to rere vi pigges a yere, than let two of them 



be bores, and foure of them sowes, and so to contynue 



12 after the rate. For a bore will haue as lyttell kepynge 



