5 2 €iit l^uttttn5=^l^otfc* 



fuch violent and nnufual fervice ^ the feafons for thefe 

 Chafes beg'ming about, Midjammery and endi^ig about 

 ^Holy-Rood-tide ^ which is that part of . the ryear la 

 .Itvhich the Sun s heat is cxcefjivey and fo Icorcties the 

 Earth, that a violent Gbafe would hazard the itielting 

 his Greaje:zx\dil\\Q weight of the Rider, by. reaib.n of 

 the hardnefs of the Ground,wouId oQCcSio^a^jFoHndring, 

 Solents, and WindgalUy infomuch that in jijort time 

 the Korfe would prove 2i\to^^ t0efi^^ ^v^^^^:. 



.■■•>-■•-•-, ^ -' \ 

 f But here I cannot but d^'firer to ^)e rightly mdcr- 



l^ood^iinceiholobje^ agalril! t;hele Chafes ^simpro- 



pr ior young Horksy yet I dp' not mean that Horfes 



fiiould be excluded this Recreation \ but. I would have 



thofe which are imploy'd herein, to be 'Horfes of 



fiay^dyearsy and by long praulice and experience have 



been rightly trai^'d to Hunting. " Young Horfes 



''rastheZ)^^ofiVfW?-c^y?/g fays) being as fubjedt to 



^Dileafesas^'o/i!'?/^ Children,' d^nd therefore he advifes 



* any man that would buy a Horfe for uje in his ordi- 



* nary occallons, as for ^ottmeys, Havekin^ ox Hnming, 



* never to buy a Horfe untijl the Mar\ he pHfofhis 



* Mouthy and if he he found of Wind,Limb,an(:l Sight, 

 *he will laft you Eight or Nine years with good. 



* keeping, and never fail you j and therefore (pur- 

 ^'fues hej I am always ready to buy tor fuch purpo- 



* fes an old Nag, of feme Hmtfman, or Falconer, that 

 ' is found, and that is the ufeful Nag , for he gal- 

 '' lops on all GrcHnds, leafs over Hedges and Ditches j 

 *and this will not /^/Z you in your Journey, nor any 



* where, and is the only Nag of ufe for Pleafure or 

 Journey Thus far the Dnkc. And if it maybe 

 permitted to add to his Advice, I would have them 

 firait-bvdied dean-titnbred Nags, fuch as may he light, 

 nimble, iXil of middle ilature, for thofe Horfes are not 

 near lo/ub^edl to Lamnefs as thofe of bull^ and 



ftrengthy 



