The Epiftle Dedicatory. 



{But Jince the laying a fide of the great Saddle 

 and Cattnon , and neglcB of the Horje of menage^ 

 Jlnce the applying our ^reed only to ^cing or (as 

 I may better fay) tnfurntf/ing ourjehes Ti^ith Horjes 

 of [peed to run ali^ay from our Enemy ^ the mojl 

 Jnt'tent Honour of Horfe-manfhip peculiar to this 

 our I\ingdom^ avJ for which all other ISiations highly 

 ejleemed uSy is noTi? almoji Vanifhed and lo/t ; mji^- 

 much as Ipere we.preffed "^ith thoughts of Defence 

 C from which the mofl prudent and "Watchful Eye of 

 Heayen guards us) we fl)ould he forced { 1 write this 

 in hlujhes ) to pull Horfes from the Coach and Cart to 

 fill up our Troop, 



Let it therefore he (I(ecorded ( my TSLoUe Lord ) 

 that whilfi: you ti?ere Mafter of the Horfe lo his 

 Majejly, an exaSt- obferVation was ejlabliped through* 

 out this "^hole ^ngdom^ for the due breeding of 

 ferVtceable Horjes : to the furtherance of lohich 

 mofl TsLoble T>efign^ if thefe my ObferVations Jhall 

 any la^/jji conduce , I p?all blefS my Ten that it ever 

 waded in fuch a fubjeB ; prof ef sing my felf to oTbe 

 unto my Country all I haye^ and to it my Labours ^ as 

 a mofi loyal SubjeSi and true Patriot ^ I mofl humbly 

 offer. 



And my good Lord^ thefe ObferVations gathered 

 in my Xouth, I >^ adVtfed by fome Noble Friends 



(though 



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