The Epiftle Dedicatory. 



tun , next unto man , confiftcth the pleajure , 

 honour^ and defence of a mojt fimrifh'mg IQwr^ 

 dom. 



I J?aVe given part of my Youth to the in- 

 Vefllgat'ton of this beautiful and ufeful Crea- 

 ture ; 1 have fearched many TSiations for my bet* 

 ter information ; and albeit I have found fome 

 Climates more Fortunate than this of ours , in 

 the produBion of a happy fhape to this Crea- 

 ture , for the 7noft part our Horfes not being 

 drawn out with fuch delicate Lineaments , neVer* 

 thelefs fome of them 1 have ( where care and 

 diligence have been ufed in the Sreed ) of mofi 

 abfolute and perfeEl fhape ,• and inhere as fre- 

 quently^ the Barbary Jennet^ Turky, and Nea- 

 politan CourferSy are cried up for their beauties^ 

 yet o/s infome fhapes they exceed^ fo in fome other they 

 may be found defeEliVe, 



!But if we regard the fpirit^ Vigor and doing of 

 a Horfe^ no TSlation , or Sod ^ produceth a more 

 Aciive^ than this our Ifland of Great Britain, 04 

 hath been well experienced by many Noble and memo- 

 rable Services, 



Unto which tf loe add a due obferVation in our 

 hreedy ' hoth on the one jide of the Stallion or Sire^ 

 and the Damj our lofl glory ^ill be foon recovered. 



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