BOOK I. atul Expert Fcrrkr, 21 



Dare lead the vpay^ into the Rivers enter^ 



jind dare themfelves on unkriown feas to ventnre. 



Nor frighted with vaifi noifes-, lofty neclzdt 



Short headed^ fender belly d^ and broad bacl^d j 



Broad and fnll brefled ', let'his coloHr be 



Brown-bay ■) or gray ^ white f roves not commonly t 



Norflefi colour^ when wars alarums found •, 



His noflrils gather-), and breathe f re-, no ground 



Can hold his jhaking joints-, his fear advances y 



His thichjoitrPd Attain on hi^ right foulder dances. 



His back bone broad and frong^ the hollow ground 



Trampled beneath his hard round hoof doth found. 



Such was that horfe, which Spartan Pollux tam'dy 



Fierce Cyllarus ^ and Mars his Horfesfatnd 



By th'old Creek^PoetSf or thofe two that drew 



Achilles Chariot : fuch afljape and hew 



.At his wives coming., fly^"^ Saturn tcok^-, 



And all high Pelion with jl rill neighings jhook: 



Tet when difeafe or ag e have brought to nou(rht 



This horjes fpirit-, let him at home be wrought. 



Norfpare his bafe old age. A Horfe grown o'dy 



Though he in vain attempt it oft., is cold 



To Venery^ and when he's brought to try 



(^L'.kethat great frengthlefs f re m ffubble dry^ 



In vain he rages ; therefore frfl 'tis good-. 



To mark his age-, his courage and his broody 



With other arts-, how fad a Horfe will be 



When overcome-, how pr^ud of vi^ory. 



Dofi thou not fee when through the field in f^eed-, 



Two racing Chariots from the Lifls are fled., 



The young mens hearts all rife., ^is forth they fart ^ 



And fear with joy confounded., Jlrikes each heart ? ' . 



They give their Horfe the reins., and lafj them on \ 



Their hurried wheels enfamingy as they run •.) I 



Now lo they go., now rife as they would file { 



Through th' empty air-, and mount up fo the sky % 



No rejiingt no delay., a fandy Cloud 



Darkens the air ; they on through [homings loui 



Of. 



