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mount ; but if you pleafe you may firft fpirt fome Beer or Ale into his 

 Mouth, which will make hira cliamp and feel his Bit the looner, and be 

 fure that your Stable be made clean before you bring your Horfe in a- 

 gain, the Dung and foul Litter being laid at the Door, and it well ftored 

 with freih •, for if the Horfe ftand not upon good ftore of Litter, and 

 have it llkewife to lie dry in, he will not thrive well nor feem fo pleafant 

 as he will \\rith it ; for which Purpofe, of all Straw, Wheat-Straw is the 

 beit, and muft be uled on this Occafion, unlefs it cannot be got, and then 

 the next to it is Oat-Straw ^ for both Rye and Barley-ftraws do much an- 

 noy your Horfe, by reafon the one doth caufe him to be much troubled 

 with the Heart-burn, and the other to loofen him, and make him fcour 

 extremely. 



Being thus upon h% Back,you muft ride him eafily for the fpace of half 

 an Hour, for if you gallop or ftrain him prefently you do him much In- 

 jury, by realbn that it ftretches his Sinews too much on the fudden, 

 which is apt to ingender cold Humours in the Joynts and Kerves, fo tliat 

 the Horfe will be ftiff after it, if not carefully and quickly remedied by 

 bathing his Legs with Oy I of Swallows or Earth-Worms •, but after by 

 gentle riding they are made pliable, you may gallop him eafily, but let 

 it be by any means upon plain and firm Ground, or if you live near any 

 fteep Hills whole afcent is fmooth and firm, let it be upon them,then walk 

 him down in your hand a Foot-pace, or a fmall Amble, that fo he may 

 cool by degrees •, the beft time to begin to Exercife is before the Sun rife, 

 or as fbon as it is rifen at the fartheft ^ then after his Breathing, when he 

 begins to be cool, lead him to ibme plealant Sping or River, and there let 

 him drink his fill. 



Then Gallop him again, but not too hard ^ when you have done fo for 

 about the fpace of a quarter of an Hour bring him again to the Brook or 

 River, and let him drink if he fo pleafes, but if not, then give him a 

 gentle Courle or two to raife Thirft in him, the which no doubt will do 

 it • for take this as a general Rule, That before and after Water, you 

 be fure to breath him gently. 



After he hath drank three times, and been breathed the like Number, 

 you may bring him home, and coming to the Stable-Door where the 

 Dung and the foul Litter is laid, let him ftand upon it after you are a- 

 iighted from his Back for fome time, and by foftly tapping or hitting his 

 hinder-Legs with your Switch or Whip, make him ftretch them as far as 

 he can backwards, and by pleafant Whiftiing, provoke him to Urine, 

 which if he reflife to do once or twice, yet at laft he will do it freely, 

 and thereby you will preferve your Stable from filth and noilbmnefs, 

 which otherways would much offend the Horfe. 



He being come into the Stable, rub his Fore-legs with Wifps of clean 

 Straw, putting all your ftrength thereto, but firft, be fure tie his Head 



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