Lib. I. Of Cures- Fhyfical , i^i 



left the Defire of him again make her to ihoot out that which fhe kept before. 



To know where your Mare be with Foal about Chriftmals, or no, pour a 

 little Water into her Ear, and if fhe only ftiake her Head, fhe is then with 

 Foal, but if fhe fhake both Head and Body alfo, fhe is not with Foal. 



When you wean your Foals, take them ftrom the Mares four Days before the 

 Full of the Moon, and after the Foals have fo remained four and twenty Hours, 

 let them again Suck till they wax very full, then remove them for altogether, 

 and the next Morning give every one three flips of Savin, and fo after let them 

 have till they be three Years old, all plenty of Meat abroad, rather than in 

 the Stable. 



Let your Stallion forTrotters be either Neapolitan Cou.rrer,or Arabian, Turk, 

 or Barbary ^ and for Amblers, either the Spanifh Gennet, or xho. Irilh Hobby, 



Put your Marcs to the Horfe, from Middle March to Middle May^ or Mid- 

 dle Jz^w, the Moon having newly changed. 



It is good to put the Horfe and the Mare for three or four Nights together 

 in Tome waft empty Houfs, and in the Morning take the Horfe a\vay and feed 

 him well-, but feed your Mare fparingly, efpccially give her a little Water. 



At the end of fix Months, by no Means chafe your Mares, for then they arc 

 Qiiicknins and may eafily be made to caft their Foals. 



The Wall-Eye either in Mare or Horfe, doth never fee perfectly, efpecially 

 when there is any Snow on the Ground. 



A Mare goeth with Foal Eleven Months and Ten Days. 



Let your Mare be of a mean Stature, large and broad, and of good Shapes % 

 and the Stallion of like Shape, but fomewhat taller ^ and temper their Natures 

 thus: Put unto the hot Horfe the cool Mare, and to the hot Mare the cool 

 Horfe : And let your Ground wh::rein you Breed, be dry, hilly, and with ru;-.- 

 ning Sreams in it. 



CHAP, CXI. Certain fpecial Notes to he ohferved in the httying of a Horfe. 

 THIRST, Mark his Colour and his Shape, that is tc^ fay, a comely well pro- 

 •■- portioned Head, with an out-looking Eye, good well-raifed Shoulders, and 

 a thick large Breaft, broad Brawn, large and broad fist Leg?, fhort Pafterns, 

 and little Feet; For long Pafteras fhew Weaknefs, and broad Feet fhew riulnefs^ 

 feel if he have no Glanders between his Chaps, no Splents, Curb nor Spa'v'en ^ 

 look he be not Purfick or Broken-winded, put your Hand before his Eyes, to 

 know if he fees well, look into his Mouth *br his Age : If he be paft eight Years ■ 

 old, feel all down the ftrunt of his Tail witii your Hand, and if you feel that 

 it be fmooth, then the Horfe is not very old, but if it have any rough Knobs 

 towards the End, buy him not, for his good Days are paft. Let him run at the 

 Halter's-end, for if he be Lame having that Liberty) he would favour that Leg 

 which is amifs, and not lean upon it. If he turn up the White of his Eye, or 

 lay his Ear to his Neck when he is ridden, he is a fullen Jade, and full of naugh- 

 ty Qualities: If when you ftirhim in the Stable, he ftare and look back upon 

 you with a ftout Countenance, it is .a Token of good Stomach m him •, 

 and great aptnefs to be taught -^ if he ftir the end of his Tail .is he palTeth out, 

 and is ridden, and yet doth not whisk it, it fheweth that his Pace is unperfeil ^ 

 .be fure to fee him turn as fhort as may be, that you may know whether he be 

 fwayed in the Back or no : The middle ftature is the beft, and the fhort knit 

 Horfe is the ftrongeft. The Wall-Eye ever feeth worft. 



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