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fum of one (hilling, in the truly excellent pam- 

 phlet of my old acquaintance, Profeffor Charles 

 Hughes. But thus it is ; neither the light but 

 poignant fhafts of ridicule, nor the fage admo- 

 nitions of us pains-taking authors, are able to 

 prevail upon the bulk of people to become 

 good jockies. Hear old Blundeville upon this 

 affair : — " Of which knowledge, what lacke we 

 Englifh haue had, and fpeciallie haue at this 

 prefent, is beft feene at a mufter, when the 

 Oueene's Maieftie hath need of horfes and 

 horfemen, where oftentimes you (hall fee 

 fome that fit on their horfes like wind-fkaken 

 reeds, handling their hands and legs like 

 weauers : or if the horfeman be good, then 

 the horfe for his part fhal be fo broken, as 

 when he is fpurred to go forward, he wil go 

 backward : and when his rider would haue 

 him to turne on the right hand, he will turne 

 cleane contrarie : and when he mould flop 

 he will arme himfelfe, and run awaie, or elfe 

 flop fooner than his rider would haue him, 

 or ufe fuch like toies." Hear farther the 

 warm-headed, but well-meaning Michael Ba- 

 ret : — " Alfo, hee muff carry his body upright, 

 neither yeelding too farre backe (as if hee 

 were pulling at a great tree, nor too forward 

 as if he were afleep, for thefe two motions 

 ferve to -other ends (as hereafter (hall be 

 " fhowne) neither to fit on one fide, like a 



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