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Th& Bay is always counted good^ fo Itkewife is the Grey^ 



The IVhi'e and yellow "worji of all . Bt fides if far away 



There hap a Noife, he fiamfs and qmet cannot re[t^ 



But fraunces here and there, as if Jowe Spirit him pf^Jfej}. 



His Ears be fit upright ^ and from his ^ofe a fiery FLann 



Voth jeem to come, while as he fnuffs and fnorteth at the fame. 



Thick is his Mane, and on his right- fide down doth hanging fall. 



And double Chin'd, upon his Loins a Gutter runs withal. 



He (craping fiandsy and making of deep holes, he paws the Ground, 



Whilfi that aloud his horned Hoof all hollow feems to found. 



Thus have you all the particular and general Defcriptions both of a good 

 and bad Hoife, and may therefore know what to choofe and what to for- 

 bear ; and Note, among all the Creatures irrational, there is not one 

 more Generous nor more ferviceable to Man than is the Horfe ; for as we 

 read of Bucephalus, the Horfe of Alexander the Great, that altho' he was 

 wounded in the Battle againft the Perfians, fo that bis Life was much de- 

 /paired of, yet would not he fufFer his Mafter to mount any other Horfe 

 till he had brought himfelf out of the Battle. The like has been reported 

 of others, whofe Loves have been fo great to their Mafters, that when 

 they have been enclofed with Enemies, the Horfes have fought in their 

 Defence couragioufly ; and Eumenius relateth, that a certain Traveller be- 

 ing fet upon by four Thieves, was killed, which hi« Horfe perceiving, fell 

 upon them with fuch fury, that in revenge of his Mafter's Death, he kill'd 

 two of them, and made the other two get up into a Tree to fave them- 

 felves, where he watched them till fuch time as feveral PalTengers came by 

 and underftood what had pafled, the Thieves being conftrained to confefs 

 what they had done. And indeed it behoves all who frequently Travel the 

 Roads, to have a good Horfe, that they may fave them in Necelfity, either 

 by Courage or fwifcnefs in Flight. 



CHAP. XF. How to Cure the Autoco, a violent fainfo called. 



THis happens moft commonly when Horfes are fi?ft put into frefii Pa- 

 fture, by their too eagernefs of feeding, which caufes ill Digefture,and 

 leaves vicious Humours in the Stomach, or if he be at Stable, or dry Meat, 

 the like may happen by bis rank feedings ; This Difeafe often takes the 

 Horfe very violently, rtiakes his Legs fail him and to hang down his Head, 

 (baking all over as if an Ague poflelfed him. The fpeedieft way to remedy 

 if, is to let him Blood, and two Mornings fuccelfively to give him about 

 an Ounce of Diapente brewed in a quart of ftrong Ale; it being a fove- 

 reign Medicine or Drink to expel the Vapours, Pains and Infedions that do 

 opprefs the Heart ; if he be not cured in twice giving, you may give him 

 thrice, the which will infallibly remove and take away the Diltemper. 



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