i2 T/:e Ccwpkat Borfc-matf, CHAP. IV. 



. Offlanders by^ allfwent^ and font' d do fly : 

 So oreat^s their love ofpraife and vttiory. 

 Fir [I Eri<flhoniil5 Ch^ricts did invent, 

 J^nd by four Horfcs drawn in triumph went. 

 The VQktxonhn L^phbx's frfi found 

 The life of backing f-IorfeSf taught them bound^^ 

 ^nd run the Ring ;, taught Riders f' exercife 

 In Aiartial ranks both ccju'al Myfleries : 

 The Afafers of both the fe equal need 

 7'ofnd cut Horfe of courage i and good ffeed. 

 Though ne'rfo ncbly horny thoHghofting^,me 

 They won the priz^e.) and for their Countrey claim 

 Epire, or fanid MyctliX, orelfetook^ 

 Their birth at frfifrom Neptune's trident (hok^' 



7 hefe things obfervd at Covering time-, they care 

 To make their Stallion flrongly fat and fair 

 The father of their brood : for him they mow 

 Choice grafs-i fweet fir earns-, and corn to him allow j 

 Lefi he jhould fail his pleafint work to do-, 

 And th"* young ones Fiarv clings from his hunger grow. 

 But they ofpmpofe keep the females light 

 And lean ^ and when they have an appetite 

 To Venery-i let them not drinkjior eat^ 

 And courfe them ofty^itnd tie them in the heat-. 

 When in full Barns the ripe corn crowded lies^ 

 As empty chaff e before the weB winds flies. 

 And this they do-j lejf too mush ranl^ncfs make 

 The breeding foil^ and fatted furrows-take 

 Too dull afenfe ^ b'l^t that they p.'oiild draw in 

 Seed with defire', and lodge it fafe within. 

 But if thy mindihoii moreto War do give., 

 ' Or through ]ovQs wood-, wcuURfi racing Ch.iriotS'dr^iVej 

 And fwiftly pafs by Pifa'j River fide : 

 ; \ Thy firfi tAik is to make thy Horfe abide 



''" To fee the fouldiers arms-i hear their loud voices. 

 The trumpetsfound-i and ratling Chariots noifes ; 

 And oft within the fiahle let him hear 

 The claflnng whip, he I more and more appear 



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