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runneth along to the end of the Tail. So as the full numberof 

 the ^iuem are twenty nine, or thirty, v/hich are to be dif-v 

 cerned. 



Hippiatrus. What is thAt which we do cotmnonly call principal or 

 vital Bloud? 



Hippofems. Thofe be P^eins which are vefTels of quick or run- 

 ning /?/W, which men do call ^•^/m/-S/(.«<^. 



Hippiatrus. What us that, which men docallVita] Bioud? 



HippoferHs. It' is that which when the Creature fleepeth, his 

 bloud is in continual agitation, and never ceafeth. 



Hippiatrus. How many Veins hatha Hcrfe in his whole Body} 



Htppofents. To fpeak properly, ^ Horfe hath but only one 

 Vcin-i which is that which we call the Median^ or Lives rein-, 

 which is in the Liver, being the true Fountain, Source, and 

 great Thh from whence the Canes^ Conditit-plpes^ and little Feins 

 (as- the fmailer Rivers) do feparatc thenifelves, which do run 

 through all the parts and members of the whole body. 



Hippiaf.' What cail-ybu Separation ? 



Hippof. Sf/7.-zr^?/(?«is of two kinds, 't/'/sL. afcendentanddefccn- 

 dent : thofe which do afcend to the Head.zrA Body-, are called' 

 Feins afcendcnt ^ and thofe which do run. low, or to the Le^Sy 

 and lower members, are called //^//civ. or Dcfcende'nt Veins. 



Hippophil. I did ever think and believe till now, that a Horle 

 had more Veins than one ^ how then cbmeth-it to pafs that we 

 open Veins in fo manj^ieveral parts of the body, being fodif^-- 

 rent Ff/w^ the one from the other.? ^ 



Htppiat. 1 anfvv'cr'youSir, if yoube plealed to examine yoUi: ♦ 

 Priper, there you fhall find how that Hippoferns told you that a . 

 Horfe hath but only one Vein ;,.and it'is a moft infallible veri- 

 ty, for that all thofe other Canes which you call Veins., are bat 

 the very fame wnth that One, which evermore Ilandeth fall of. 

 2!oitd., up to the top, conve^ii^d into l]im, v;hich faid great Vei.^ 

 is annexed unto the laver:, which Vein doth refcmble a great 

 Tm or Cijfern-^vihich conveyeth the ^/?<j^ in to. all the leffer Vtins^ 

 by which means,, theycontinually renisin full, having no va» ■ 

 cancy:or want : Like ?^3 a Giftern '(if^rC",.)' peceiveth its water ' 

 froma Pumpi and Jo^cbriVeycfhantl beftowttl; itinto„"arid a- - 

 mong the fmallh* Pi pe^, cft-tifTlesilpreih vvilh, plenty of wa- * 

 tcr 2 Vv'hoie Village or, Town, or at Icaii a whole Familv- 



