S The Compleat Horfe-matf^ CHAP. I. 



from danger, and to land his Mailer at the port of fafety, than 

 the Horfe : and for his pail; i-cs and recreations, no creature to 

 be compared to this : neit .er is there any creature created by 

 the great Creator of all things, which doth fo perfedly under- 

 ftand and connive with the nature and mind of man, or that 

 beareth a moreinly loveto man, as doth this poor creature the 

 Horfe j for upon all occalions he fweateth, he trudgeth, he 

 toyleth, he drudgeth, he moykth, he laboureth Pro viribus^ 

 with great alacrity and cheerfulnefs (fo long as his vital fpirits 

 lafl) to give comfort and content to him that feedeth and che- 

 rifheth him j yea, and that (I fay) with fuch joy and alacrity, 

 as if (like to a reafonabie creature) he found himfelf obliged 

 thereto in the bond of all fincere duty and gratitude. For fliould 

 1 fpeak rather like a Philofopher than a Chriftian, I could not 

 but agnize nature to be admirable in all her works, wherein 

 man doth owe unto her infinite,and thofe very great thanks, in 

 that (he hath accommodated and plentifully furnilhed him with 

 all things needful for his ule, as alfo in that Ihe hath propagat- 

 ed (among all other) the Horfe, the moft ufeful for the fervice 

 of man, and who beft acknowledgeth his Matter. And that 

 this may be the better anatomized, I will Ihew you what 1 find 

 recorded by authentical Authors of the excellency of this praife- 

 worthy Crtature. 



The fo much renowned Bncephalns-, who carried his Maftei: 

 through fo many conquered Kingdoms, ferves for an example 

 to all enfuing Ages, who would not fufFer any man but great 

 Alexander to back him, who ieemed to be proud at what time 

 he carried fo glorious and vidlorious a charge j and it is alfo 

 written of him,that being wounded at the fiege and lacking of 

 Thebesy he carried him couragioufly through the Troops and 

 throngs of all the Combatants, with incredible valour and 

 courage, nothing at all efteeming or prizing the lofs of his 

 blood, being moll defirous, and nolefs willing to do his Ma- 

 iler all faithful fervice, to the utmoll of his power, and to 

 theeffufion of the lall drop of his blood, labouring to purchale 

 unto himfelf by his (not to be parallelled) valour, and his re- 

 folute perfeverance, a vidorious advantage over the enemy. 

 What never-dying high renown the Horfe of Cafar got, I hold 

 little inferiour to that of BncefhalHs, Dionyfrns the Tyrant of 



