" Before you pull offhis Bridle, let him cover a Mare 

 >t two iff hand, then turn him loofe amongft them, 

 md put all your Mares to him, as well thofe which are 

 vith Foale, as thole which are not, for there is no 

 Janger in it ; and by that means they will all be (erv'd 

 n their height ofLufi^ and according to the imemion 

 f Nature. When your Stallion has covered them 

 mce, he tries them all over again, and thofe which 

 vill admit him he/^rw^- and when his bufinefs 

 s finifh'd, hQ heats the Pale, and attempts to be at L/- 

 *erty ; which when your Man finds, ('who is Night 

 ind Daytoobferve them, and to take care that no 

 )ther Mares are put to your Horle, and to give yon 

 m Account, which take the horfe, and vphich not, ^c.) 

 et him be taken up, and let him be well kept as before ; 

 >nly you may at the firft give him a good Majlj or 

 :wc, to help to reftore Nature^ for you will find him 

 lothing but Shjn and Bones, and his Mane and Tail 

 mil rot off. Be fure give him never above Ten or 

 fwehe Mares in ^Seafon, at moll; otherwife you 

 A^ill fcarce recover him againft the next Years Cover^ 

 ng-time. 



When vour Stallion is pdH: this nfe, then buy ano • 

 :her •, but be fure never make ufe of a Horfe of your 

 )wn Breed,for by fo doing the Best Kind would in 

 :ime degenerate : but you cannot do better (the 

 Duke o{ Newcajlle fays) than to let your own Mares be 

 :over'd by their 5Jrf,forCaccordingto his own words 

 md opinion) there is no Jmefl in Uorfes : and by this 

 neans they are nearer one degree to the Purity and 

 ■iead of the Fountain, from which they are deriv'd, 

 ince a fine Horfe got them, and ZhQ fame fine Horfe 

 :overs\\\tm again. 



Now though the Buke ofNewcaslU affirms this to 

 3e the true way for covering Mares, alledging that 

 Mature is wifer than Art in the y^ci of Generation, and 



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