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THE HORSE. 



" The true English horse is tall of 

 stature and large proportions ; his head, 

 though not so fine as the Barbarie or the 

 Turkes, yet is lean, long, and well- 

 fashioned," &c. 

 Markham's Again, '' For swiftness what nation 



opinion of 



the " true- ]^as brouo;ht forth that horse which has 



bred " Eng- *^ 



ilt period?^ exceeded the English? A\hen the best 

 Barbarie s that ever were in their prime, 

 I saw them overrune by a black hobbie 

 at Salisbury, and yet that black hobbie 

 was overrunne by a horse called Valen- 

 tine, which Valentine neither in hunting 

 or running was ever equalled, yet was a 

 plain-bred horse both by syre and dam. 

 Agam, for infinite labour, as long en- 

 durance, which is to be desired in our 

 hunting matches, I have not seen any 

 horse to compare with the English. He 



