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upon any neceflary Incifion may very well be cut afunder without any 

 Flux of Blood, or other Da^iger : But for the other Mafter-veins, they 

 may not be cut but with great Peril. And thus much for Veins, which 

 are the Liftruments of Heat. 



Chap. III. Of the Sinem in a Horfe^s Body. 



Touching the Sinews within a Horfe's Body, you fhall underftand 

 that from the Brain, which i^ the Principal Fountain or Well- 

 fpring of Sinews whatfoever, there is derived one main Sinew or Tendon, 

 which palling through the hollownefs of the Neck and Back-bone, doth 

 extend it felf even to the nethermoft Joynt of the Horfe's ftrunt : 

 from his main Sinew is derived two fmall Branches, which palling through 

 certain holes in the top of the Horfe's Skull, run down along the Horle's 

 Cheeks, even to the point of his Noftrils : Then hath he two other 

 Branches, which palling through certain holes in his nether Chap, knit 

 that and the other together, and fo run down by his great Teeth, and 

 meet juft below his nether Lip : Then hath he Twenty eight fmall 

 Threads, which running through lb many fmall holes, in the leven Bones 

 of his Neck, knit them faft together : So likewife to knit all his Chine 

 even to the nether End of his Strunt faft together, the Number whereof 

 is infinite and uncertain : Then hath he two main great Sinews, which 

 extending themlel\;es over both the Spade-bones, are divided into many 

 Branches, and run down into the Fore-legs, even into the Coffins of the 

 Hoofs, and knit every Joint faft and fubftantially together : Then hath 

 Jie two other main Sinews, which coming though two holes to the great 

 Columel or fiat Bones of the Hips or Huckcle, do extend themfelves 

 (being divided into many Branches) down both the hinder-Legs, even 

 within the Coffins of the Hoof alfo, and bind all thefe feveral Joints 

 faft and ftrongly together. Now laftly, you fhall underftand, that from 

 the fetting on the Horfe's Neck unto the flat Columel or Huckle-bone, 

 doth extend one great broad Sinew, of three Inches broad, being of one 

 only thick and fmooth Subftance, without any one Thred or Branch de- 

 rived from it, which not only hold together the Shoulder-blades, but 

 alfo covereth all the Horfe's Chine quite over, and this of the common 

 Farriers is called Pax-wax : So that a Horfe hath in all, of main and 

 principal Sinews, from whence a World of other Sinews are derived, 

 ^ juft Thirty eight, as you may more plainly perceive by the Pifture afore- 

 going, which is the perfeft Anatomy of all the Sinews within a Horfe's 

 Body, and how they are divided. 



Chap. IV. Of the Number and Sitmtion of tht Bones in a Horfe's Body. 



FIRST you fhall underftand, that every Horfe or Ox hath in his 

 whole Body, juft ojie hundred and feventy feveral Bones, and no 



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