BOOK L 



THE COM PL EAT 



HORSE-MAN, 



AND EXPEEIT 



F E R R I E R. 



The Firsi Bool^ 



C H A P. I. 



THE I^TTIODVCTIO^ '^'^ 



F we will but take to our ferious confideration how many 

 great Obligations we have to admire the infiuire good- 

 nefs of Almighty God in creating fuch a marvellous 

 number of Creacures, meerly for theufe and fervice of 

 Man, whereof no one of them can be waiting j and 

 that amongft them all, we have none more ufeful, or which 

 can be lefs fpared th^n the Horle ^ no dumb Creature more 

 generous, nor any that cometh fo near unto the pleafure of 

 Man, none can ferve him better in time of Peace and War y 

 none better for Manuring and Tilling the Earth, and to caufe 

 it to produce its Fruits j none more ufefulfor bringing in the 

 fruits of the Earth •, none more behoofeful to bear and carry 

 him his long and tedious journeys, in heat and cold, through 

 thick and thin, by night and day •, none better to carry him 



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