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then lets the Hoiie eat a little Hay, then gives Provender, but hot 

 much, and Bridleth the Horfe up a quarter of an hour before he rideth : 

 At Night he Watereth two Miles before he taketh his Lodging, then Ri- 

 deth eafily : he neither walketh his Horfe nor ftuffeth hiin, nor loofeth a- 

 ny Girt, but only rubbeth him very clean, and fo lets him bite upon his 

 Bridle half an Hour after, with good ftore of Litter under him ^ then he 

 gives the Horie Hay, and after Provender, before he goethto water again 

 (yet but a little) then fee the Horfe throughly well dreffed and 'rubbed, 

 well littered and moft fuilicently meated. 



There be others which walk after Labour, then rub well, littereth and 

 unbridleth ^ both which be good, fo that the one hath not too much walk- 

 ing, not the other too cold a Stable. But howfoever ftuff not your Horfe 

 backwards, but betwixt his fore. Legs, and foremoft girt : For backward 

 fluffing is perillous, left drawing his Yard when he would ftale, he draw 

 back in his flieath any of the Litter that ftops him. The Noithern Man's 

 ufe agreeth with the French Principles, which faith, Ule no other walk- 

 ing than your lelf on your Horle-back by riding him gently till you come 

 at your Inn, and ib make him cold, then iliake Litter under him, rub his 

 Legs, his Belly and every part of his Body well, till he be dry, then unbri- 

 dle him, rub his Head well, and give him Hay ^ flack no Girt till it be 

 Night, that the Windows be ihut ^ fuffer the Horle to drink but a little at 

 once, to avoid fudden cooling of the Stomach •, or driving the Horfe into 

 a fliaking Fever : At Night rub and curry vvell, and feed according to the 

 Horle's Stomach. ' '■_. 



Other good Farriers ride "gently till the Hbrfe's Sinews be chafed, and 

 never water in Travel till the Horfe have flaled, and forbear to Travel 

 him fafl before he hath drank, that he may not drink in his great heat, 

 and they hold the flanding Water the beft • after water for a Mile they 

 ride foftly till his Water be warmed in riis Belly, and before fhey come to 

 their Inn they do not Water, hbr of an hour after they have unbridled ; 

 then they cloath well and give Provender, having a care that their Horfes 

 ftand not in the Wind, and that they have been rubbed dry and clean. 

 Now all thefe Principles are ecceeding good, yet 1 would wifh every Tra- 

 veler to learn how his Horfe hath been ufed, and that Cuftom ('if it be not 

 too much agaij]il: ReafbnJ flill to follow. 



If you come late to your Inn, and that your Journey be great and ear- 

 ncft, fb that your Horfe will not eat till he have drank, arid yet is hot 

 notwithftanding, then let his Drink be Milk given in the dark, left, the 

 whitenefs make him refufe it : This is both cordial and pleafant : If you 

 cannot get Milk enough, then mingle Milk with water lukewarm, for no 

 Drink fhould be given to a Horfe hotter. 



If your Horfe either by Lab.our or any Surfeits be brought low, lean, 

 and weak, you fhall give him Mares Milk to Drink many Days together, 

 and it will make him ftrong. It 



