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cealedj as alfo becaufe our Kingdom is fa very full of fubtle unconfci- 

 onable Horfe-Couifjrs, that they ar& careful moft to conceal that 

 which may fooneft cozen their Neighbours. You fhali know then, 

 that no Horfehaketh before, but his Grief muft be either in his Shoul- 

 ders, in his i-egs^ or in his Feet : If it be in his Shoulders, it mull 

 either be on the top of his Shoulder-blade, which we call the Withers, 

 or the bottom of the Shoulder-blade joining to the Marrow-bone, 

 which is the forepitch of the Breaft, or in the Elbow of the Horfej 

 which joins the nether End of the Marrow- bone and the Leg to- 

 gether. 



Now for the general knowledge whether the Grief be in the Shoulder 

 or no, look if the Horfe do not lift up his I eg, buttraileth it upon the 

 Ground, then it is in the bhoulder, and is a new hurt : If he call: his 

 Leg more out in his going than the other, and that almoft with an' 

 unbended Knee, then it is alio in the Shoulder, and it is an old hurt: 

 If you rake him by the head-ftall of the Bridle, and turn him asfliort 

 as you can poffibly wi;h both Hands, if then you fee him when he is 

 turned on the lame Side to favour his Leg very much (as he cannot 

 ehufe but doj then alfo his Grief is in his Shoulder: Or if when a 

 Horfe ftandeth in the Stable> he ftretcbeth out his fore-Leg, and fet- 

 teth it more forward than the other, it is partly a Sign the Grief is in 

 the Shoulder, but not abfoluteiy. 



Now when you knew generally that the Grief or Pain is in the 

 Shoulder, then you fhall learn to know in what part of the Shoulder, 

 as thus: If the Horfe halteth more when the Rider is upon his Back, 

 than when he is off", then the Grief is in the top of the Withers,- if 

 when with your Hand you gripe and handle him upon the top of 

 the Shoulder-blades, you find that he fhrinketh much, and offereth to 

 bite at you (not having any galled Back before, for that may deceive 

 you) then affuredly the Grief is on the Withers. If the Horfe goeth 

 bowing unto the Ground, and tread his fteps very thick, then it is a 

 Sign the Grief is in his Breaft, between the nether part of the Spade- 

 bone, and the upper part of the Marrow-bone, and therefore if with 

 your Thumb you prefs him hard in that part, you fliail fee him fhrink^ 

 and be ready to fall down. 



Now if when you take his Elbow in your Hand betwixt your Fin- 

 ger and your Thumb, and gripe it, the Horfe prefently taketh his 

 Foot from the Ground and lifts up his Leg, offering therewithal to bite 

 or fnap at you, then the Grief is only in the Elbow. 



Now if the Grief whereof a Horfe halteth be in his Leg, it is either 

 in his Knee, in his Shank, or elfe in his Paftern joint : If it be cither 

 in his Knee or Paftern-joint, he will not bow them in his going like 

 the other, but will go very ftiffly upon them^ if the Pain or Grief be- 

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