BOOK I. a^d Expert Ferrkr, li 



ther with fach like circumllances, I hold them impertinent for 

 this place, being fo frequently known and pradlifed, and there- 

 fore my labour may well be fpared. But for her keeping and 

 ordering after her Covering, let her not drink that ihe defir- 

 eth, but continue her with the fame diet which formerly ihe 

 had before her covering for three weeks or a month after, left 

 the feed might fortune to be impaired, before the Colt be fuf- 

 ficiently formed in the womb •, and let her be kept fweet and 

 clean as may be, and that vvithout''any labour or exercife dur- 

 ing that three weeks or month : After which term you may, if 

 you pleafe, inure her to moderate labour, wherein have a fpe- 

 cial care of four things : Firit, that Ihe be not at any time gal- 

 loped, or run off from her wind : Secondly, thatfhe be not put 

 to carry heavy burthens : Thirdly, that fhe be neither laboured 

 or travelled in extream heat : And laltly, that her exercile be 

 not fuch which may provoke her to fweat violently ; for eve- 

 ry of thefe things will, caufe her to mifcarry. 



She being thus with fole j flje mull be kept in the houle until 

 mid-May at leaft, and then let firft her Ihoes be taken off, her 

 feet pared well, thefrufh and heels opened, and plates after the 

 manner of running Ihoes fbut not to come home to the heels) 

 fet on y let her run in the drieft Ground you have, yet not fb 

 Ihort of grafs, but that (he may at her eafe fill her belly at leaft 

 once a day; and about the latter -end of ^^/^rrw^r, (if not be- 

 fore) let her be very carefully ^aken into the houfe, biit io 

 quietly, that you fhall not endanger the hurting of her belly, 

 either by the ruffling of other Horfesand Mares againfl her^or 

 through her unruly leaping, or inconfiderate brufhing againlt - 

 pofts,doors, or the like. Let her be kept thus in the houfe to the 

 time of her foling, and let her diet^be as beforeis prefcribed. 



And when the time of her foling approacheth, let her keeper 

 attendcarefully upon her, putting her into a houfe convenient 

 for her, unhaltred and untied, left in foling? the Colt receive 

 damage, by reafon that Mares do commonly call their foles 

 Handing : Wherefore let not the room whereinto you put her, 

 be too ftrcight, but very warm (for warmth is a great comfort 

 as well to Mares with fole, as in fojing) and let good Itore o; 

 flraw be layecj^ that the fole may fall from the Mare the lofter, 

 and be in lefsdanger of harm j andlether (I fay) be watched 



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