43 Ths Compkat Eorfeman» CHAP. V, 



give him fome good Hay in his Rack to champ upon, for half 

 an hours fpace. After come to him again, and then unbridle 

 him, put on his Collar-halter, and fo give him frelh Hay to 

 eat, Then rub him all over, and fo let him ftand till you have " 

 fupped i then come to him, and give him either a fvveet mafh or 

 Whitewater, which- when he hath drunk, let him eat Hay for 

 half an hour after, and then give him his Provender, but by 

 degrees, not too much together, for fear of cloying him, which 

 fofoonashe hathdifpatched, unfaddle him, and rub his body 

 all over, cloathhim up warm, and v/hifp him up round with 

 fmail whifps •• Which done) rub his legs dry, pick, and ftop 

 his feet, and anoint the Coffins, and Cronets of his hoofs, giv- • 

 inghim Hay for all night : andlaftly Ihake up his litter about 

 and under him, that fo he may lye foft and warm : and thus 

 doing, leave him to his reft. 



The next morning, come to him early, and firll obferve 

 whether or not he liath lain down ^ then look upon his Ordure, 

 whether it be laxative or coflive, or if he have avoided any 

 greafe, which if he hath, give him with his Oats a handful or 

 two of Hemp- feed, and fo order him as you are accuftomed, or 

 otherwife, as you in difcretion do find to be moft requilite. 

 Many other rudiments there are to be given, which, for that 

 they are fo commonly known to every Groom, are impertinent 

 to rehearfe : Only in a word for a clofe, I lay, that a good 

 Groom ought to be a man of good life, and fober demeanour, 

 no Tipler, no haunter of Ale-houfes, or Taverns, (likeastoo 

 too many are) no Iyer abroad from his Horfe in the night, nor 

 long from him in the day, and an early riler j the Stable mull 

 .be his Compting-houfe^ he muft not be fo intimate with any as 

 with his Horfe ^ have entercourfe with none fo much as with 

 him : he muft be his principal afTociate, and make him of his 

 Cabinet-Council : his Horfe muft be his only ld<ea^ the only 

 Miftrefs whom he muft court, and lerve : and fo foon as he 

 doth fufped but any the leaft inconvenience in. him, let him 

 inftantly impart it to the Ferrier, and look what the Ferrier 

 doth give in diredlions, let his Keeper diligently obferve and 

 execute accordingly ^ for it is an argument of a proud and pre- 

 pofterouS condition in a^Groom, to fwarve from the inftrutti- 

 »HS which the Ferrier fhall at any time give. Ninthly, as the 



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