BOOK I. artd Expert Ferrkr. • j^ 



TiOt a few j howfoever with many, It is one of Hercules grcAt- 

 tfiUboHrs to beat many a. man from his old Chfiomes be they never fo 

 bid \ albeit Cnftom is a meer Tyrant^ and bts foveraigmy mji injuf- 

 ferabley as a grave Author very well obferveth. 



CHAR Iir. 



Hoxv to ntdl^ and order pnr Stable. 



HAving thus waded into this myftery of Breedings I hold 

 it a thing very behoveful to be handled, how your fta- 

 ble ought to be accommodated. Firit therefore your 

 ftablefhouldbefituatewheretheairis wholfom, pure and good, 

 and the ground dry •• the ftrudture would be either of free- 

 Stone or Brick, but Brick is beft, mofl wholfom and warmefl^ 

 Befides this benefit brick hath, which ftone hath not, of being 

 very dry,for Stone will weep, and fweat drops of water againft 

 rain and milty weather, which begetteth dmps, and caufeth 

 Rheumes in Horfes. Your ftable ought not to have any unfa- 

 voury Gutter, Channel, or Sink near to it, no Jakes, Hogfties, 

 ar Henrouft, whereby to annoy it. It would bealfo cieled 0- 

 ver head, and have ftrong dores, with locks, bolts, and bars 

 unto it. . The Rack would not be made too high or too low, 

 but placed in an indifferent proportion, and fo artificially let, 

 that neither the dull or the hay-feeds may fall into his Mane, 

 or upon his neck and face. The Manger would be let at an in- 

 different height, made deep, and of one intire piece, as weM 

 for ftrength as for conveniency to be kept fweet and clean. Let 

 the flore be pitched with flint, and not planked. The windows 

 would be made with handfom fhuts and calement, and well 

 glazed, as well to keep out cold and wind, as alfo (when there 

 may be caule) to let in the cool and freih air. Again, take heed 

 there be no lome wall or plaifter fb near as that the Horfe may 

 reach thereto with his mouth : for upon that he will gnaw, 

 which may do him much prejudice, and be the caule of much 

 dangerous ficknefs ; for Lome and Lime are fu^ocating things, 

 they will infe<ft and putrifie the blood, endanger the' Lungs? 

 and be.no friend to his wind .- neither luiFer any dung to lienear 



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