To the leader, 



ally obferve thefe my grounds and principles, affure thy 

 felf thou wilt in (hort time afpire to that which will be thy 

 honour a«.id renown. 



And to the end thou may ft rhe more perfcdly and 

 eafily underfVand the full drift: and fum of this my firfl 

 Book,! v^ill here give unto thee an Epitome of it in a fc\^ 

 lines, which may do thee much pleafure in the perufil 

 thereof. 



In the Introduftion I (hew thee how needful a crea- 

 ture the Horfe is beyond a!! others, and what admirable 

 things Hoifes in former times have perpetrated and done^ 

 whereof! producethe infVanccs of the famous adts of (un- 

 dry brave and generous Horfes, who(e love to their 

 Mafters have been fo great, as hardly to b^ credited, if 

 ancient Hidories, and Annals of good integrity had not 

 engraven them in the memory of never dying pofterity. 

 We read of l^ucephalns^ what he did for the good, life, 

 and fafety of his Mafter ^ of the Horfe o^Dlonyfms^ with 

 what undaunted courage he comported himfelf in battel 

 for the relief and fuccour of his Lord , it is recorded alfo 

 of the Horfe o^Antiochus^ what ill fuccefs befel Cetituret- 

 im^ who, when he had flain v//«/7W;^, would needs back 

 the Horfcf of his flain Mafter. It is alfb noted what inly 

 love t^(Jcomcdes his Horfe bare to his Lord and Mafter, 

 which after his death of meer grief famifhed himfelf. We 

 read of ^Qtho??^ the Horfe oi'Vallof^ who was evidently 

 obferved and feen to weep at the Funeral of his Mafter. 

 Silius makes report of two famous Horfes called T^elorus 

 and Cir^hs, the one eminent for his prowcfs and hardinefs 

 in War, and the other for his unparallelled Swiftnefs. 

 .Moreover we may read, how that this poor creature hath 

 fb well merited of man, as that many have ereded Monu- 

 ments and Sepulchers, celebrated Exequies, builded and 

 founded munificent Cities, fet up Pyramides, made Epi- 

 taphs, eredied goodly Statues, infiituted Plays and Cam 



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