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4 The Compkat Horfe-Man, CHAP. IV, 



j4nd when Lov^s flame their greedy marrow bnrns^ 

 A'ioji m the Springs (for heat then moj} returns 

 To tW hones) upon high rocks they t^ke their places, 

 u^nd to the weftern wind all turn their faces, 

 Sttckjn the blaj}, and (wonders to be f aid) 

 Gyovo great withfole w-ithout the horfes aid. 

 Then ore the Rocks and Valleys all they run., 

 IsJot to the North, nor to the rifing Sun, 

 Nor Caiirus quarter, nor the South whence rife 

 Black p'owers, which darken and diftitrb the skies- 

 Hence flows thick^poyjon f om thegroyns of theft. 

 Which fiepherds truly c^// Hippomanes ; 

 Hippomanes, which oft bad Step-dames itfe-t 

 yind charming herbs, and baneful words ifjfnfe. 

 But time irreparable flies away. Cc. 



Du-Bartas that fainons French Poet, doth likewife in his 

 Treatileof the Handy-crafts, excellently defcribe the colour, 

 fhape, and properties of a good Horfe, irt the fourth part of 

 the frft day of the fecond week, which beginneth thus : 



Gain at they fay with hif deep fear diflnrbed. 

 Then firfl of all tn undaunted Courfer curbed; 

 That whilft about anothers feet he run. 

 With Infty fpeed he might his deaths nunfmn. 

 Amonq a hundred brave ^ h'^hf, lufly Horfes^ 

 (With curiom eye marking their curiam forces') 

 He choofeth one for his indujlr iota proof. 

 With round, high, hollow, fmos'th, brown, jetty hoof. 

 With p.'^Jlernsjhort, upright, {but yet in mean) 

 Dry flnewy flanks, ftrong, fl^fdefs kl^eef, and lean. 

 With Hart-like kgs, broad breafl, and large behind. 

 With body large, fmooth flanks, and double chind : 

 yl crefled neck, bow' d like a half bent bow, 

 whereon a long thin curled mane doth flow : 

 A firm full tail touching the lowly ground. 



With dock between iwofair fat buttocks round. • 



A pricked ear that refis as little fpace ' 



As his light foot ; a lean, bare bonny face, 



Thin 



