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Groom rauft have a fpecial care he do not pine, or under-meat 

 his Horfe in his diet, fo he muft be as cautelous he do notcl»y 

 him, by laying before. him too much Provender at once ; bat 

 his way muft be to give him little at once, and otten ; he mulfc 

 eat up all before he give him any more : yea he. muft eat it with 

 good appetite, otherwife he may marr his appetite utterly, 

 and bring him. to loath his Provender ^ 'and look what Hay 

 and Provender he doth at any time give him, let it be fweet, 

 well dulled and throughly purged from Feathers, Hens-dung, 

 Cats-duiig, ftoue>, gravel, and fuch like filth, which, are 

 things hurtful and troublefora to his ftomach and feeding ^ for 

 they will caufehira to refufe and forfake his meat? unlefs pure 

 hunger fhall eonftrain him thereunto j for fuch kind of nafty 

 rneat and food will engender in himnoyfome and noxious infir.- 

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Tenthly, as touching the furn-iture and Gaparifon which the 

 Horfe is to we3r,the Groom muft be careful to keep them clean, 

 bright,and handfome-, theSaddies, after fweating and travel, 

 well aired in the Sun and Wind, and after beaten and dufted, 

 theftirrups wiped clean, with the ftrops and other fuch like 

 leathers thereto belonging and appertaining, and fo put up 

 fafe and handfomly with their cafes and coverings upon them 

 to prcferve them from duft : The foot cloaths (if he have' any 

 under his charge) cleanfed, brullicd, and neatly folded up ^ the 

 Bits taken from theHead-ftals, and clean walhed, dried before 

 the fire-, and wrapped up in an oyly cloth to keep them from 

 Ruft and Canker, and the BofTss carefully alfo made clean, toge- 

 ther with their Bits, and fo laid up in the Prefs or Gheft made 

 for fuch like purpofe. The Headftals and Reins, Groopers,and 

 other accoutrements would likewife be wiped,made very clean, 

 and haiiged upinthePrefsiii their proper places : The Girts, 

 Surlingles, Stirrup-leathers,, and fjch iii^e necefiariesr; would 

 bs.diiigentiy viewed and examined, cleanfed, andraade clean ■5^> 

 andif any thing be amifs or broken, let it be mended inconti-'' 

 nently,left they fhould be to do when they were to be nfed: ln\j 

 conclufion, nothing (liouli^ b? out of order ataay time,biit^v«ify\ 

 thing (as well Stable asSaddlehoufc) kept clean, neat,and fwbeti';^ 

 which will, purchafe unto the Groom, norfraairrefpe^'^^ch^his 

 fe,or.d.or Mafter,^ and.much more reputation and. applaafe of fan; 

 'many as fliall be an eye- witnefs thereof. G The 



