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or Groom. But I may in this point be csxed to hold a Para- 

 dox j for fomc may objeA unto me, that many times Horfes, 

 who are of the beft Colours, bell Marks, and trucft fhapcs,do 

 neverthelefs prove arrant Jades, reftiffe, ftubborn, ill natured, 

 fubjed to tyring, and the like : I anfwer, I acknowledge all 

 this to be molt true, for I have known Horles, who upon their 

 full view, have been in extrinfecal Ihew fo hopeful, as that 

 they have promifed what a man could exped from them j which 

 notwithftanding when they have come to the tell, they have 

 been a fcandal to their fex : but this is not a thing frequent, 

 for in every one of thefe who have thus mifcarried, you Ihall 

 have twenty who will prove right, and anfwerable to your 

 mind: Ihavealfo known Horles, which wanting thefe good 

 attributes, and who have been as different from thole we call 

 good, even as Chalk is from Cheele, who have proved very 

 good Horfes : howbeit I will not counfel you to breed upon 

 fuch an one, who albeit he may bring you Colts, yet I dare not 

 promile you he Ihall ever bring you a good Colt, whereof I 

 have oft-times made Trial, as well for Horles of Menage, as 

 for Hunters, and Horfes for the Courfe. Neitherneed there 

 ■ any more be faid upon this fubjed. 



CHAP. V. 



Of the Office of the T^dcr arid Groom, 



'Aving now bred Colts according to my Inflrncflions, 

 which you may well hope will prove to your mind and 

 bell liking, neverthelefs fome things there yet remain, 

 •whereof duly to confider-, and that is, that when you have 

 thus (I fay) bred your Colts, which you may very well hope 

 are right, your eye and judgment for Shape,Colour and Marks, 

 promifing no lefs ; it then behooveth yon to be very Cautelous 

 in the Handling, Breaking, Riding, and well-ordering them, 

 whether you intend them for Mennage, Courle, Hunting, or 

 the Rode \ in any of which an efpecial care would be had to 

 ^provide you of Riders, Grooms, and Keepers, fuch as Ihall be 



knowa 



