28 The Qompkat Borfc-mn^ CHAP. IV. 



fparkling Eye, a wide Nollril, a wide, thin and lean Jaw^ a 

 loofe Thro pie, a well-trufled together Body, and Legs not 

 too long \ being thus accoutred and Ihaped, it is very proba- 

 ble he will be very ferviceablc. He alfo flieweth figns whereby 

 to know the good or evil fight of a Horfe. Every Horfe (faith 

 know the ^0 hath a feather in his Face betwixt his eyes : if the faid fea- 

 goodfight ther be high above the eyes, then hath he afluredly a good and 

 from rhe perfecft light ^ but if the feather be below his eyes, the Horfe, 

 T^ad of a then hath oft-times a bad fight : Obferve this rule well, and«. 

 °^^' you Ihall find it to be a thing mofl certain. He alfb giveth o-. 

 ther marks touching the Legs of a horfe : which briefly are? 

 that a horfe muft have his fore- legs above the knees, to be 

 ftrong, flat and large, albeit the lower part of the legs be 

 fmall^ provided he have a good foot, which fuppofing, he. 

 Which be may prove, a horfe of long continuance. Another Author, 

 cdo^^s^ f 0^^2^i"S of the colours of Horfes, doth denominate them after 

 a Horfe. this manner, viz.. ABrown-Bay> a Black Roan, or Black furi- 

 offilver hairs, Cole-Black, Cheft-nut, Dark Eay^ Fly-bitten-, 

 orWhite-Lyard TheBrown-Bay isfohighlyefteemed with all 

 Nations, as that they do with one affent always rank him in 

 the very firft place of colours : the Italians and French do fo 

 much prize the Brown-Bay, as that they evermore call that co- 

 lour Bayard Loyal-, the Loyal Bayard, or more properly, ac- 

 cording to owv ^ Englifh phrafe, trufty Bayard. The Frenchy 

 Italians and (jermam do very far commend and prefer three forts 

 of Colours in Florfes ; to wit, the Brown-Bay, the Cheft-nut-, 

 and the Cole-Black •, but they do evermore prefer the Brown- 

 Bay to the firit place. Mailer BUwdevile, and Mafter Afarkr 

 ham do both accord in the choice of the Colours of the Horfe,; 

 and they never do fail in preferring the Brown-Bay to the; 

 fir ft place. 



\\'hat fhall I need fpeak any more of Colours ? I wil) now 



proceed to their Marks, wherein, albeit in moft things all in a 



manner do agree , yet only in forae few points there is fome 



fmall difference. All generally affent in the white Star, and 



white foot, if the blaze be not too broad, or the foot too high 



Of the' '^h^te about the Paltern, for then it is called ho^ed, or busr 



marks of kcned : Some commend the fliim, or rafe down the face, if it 



-a Horfe. bc not jnuch broader than a three-peny filk Ribbon, but then 



it 



