52 TheConfpkat Horfe-marr^ CHAP. L 



the Cure, according to the Itrength, vertue, and greatnefs of 

 the Horfe, and as my judgment fhall didate unto me. 



Hippiatrus. By how many vpays may evil come to a Horfe f 



Hippofems. Two ways,^'/^,. by nature and by accident againfl 

 nature ^ as of thofe dileafes which fall down into the Lep and 

 ffc^of theHorle, from whence do come Scratches, Splents, 

 Squibs, Mallenders, &c. with other kinds of humors and acci- 

 dents as well in the body of the Creature, as in the members 5 

 and falvo aliornm judicio \ thele things appear unto me to com- 

 prehend in them the aforefaid accidents, which do happen to 

 the Horfe, even as foon by nature many times, as by accident 

 oragainit nature. 



Hippophilus. Hippolerus, / do not well nnderfland this point : 

 ToH. fay that theje things may happen oi well by nature^ as agjiinji na^ 

 ture-, which are to my nnderflanding a plain contradiction, I pray 

 explicate yet your felf more fully. 



Hippofcrus. Thole things which are againfl nature, I told you-. 

 are by accident ^ but when I fay that certain Difeafes may as 

 well come unto him by nature, as by accident '-, yea even in the 

 felf-fame Difeafe, my meaning is, that if the Stallion be trou- 

 bled with t lie feme difeafe at what tfme the Mare, who is the- 

 Dam of this Colt is covered, I fay that then the Colt himfelf 

 fhall be capable of the fame malady. As if the Stallion or the . 

 Mare (Parents to the fame Colt) have for example a Spaven, I 

 fay that the Colt will naturally have a Spaven ; and thus I have.- 

 explicated my felf, andafibyled your demand. 



Hippiatrus. But what callytH accident^ or againft nature .? 



HippoferHs. As thus, verbi gratia^' i^ walking your Horfe in 

 your hand in the fields, or elfewhere, and that he happen to, 

 be ftrucken with fome cudgel, leaver, or heavy bailinado, or . 

 with fome fword, hatchet, bill, or other edge-tool, or that, 

 you fhould enforce him to do more then what nature or flrength 

 were well ableto compals ^ or leading him upon plain ground, 

 he might wr inch any member, or fway his back^ or break his leg. 

 either by the ftroke or ftripe of fome other Horfe, or other- 

 wife accidentally, or fliould by misfortune fall down fome fleep 

 precipice, whereby he may, break or diflocate fome Jimb or 

 member : All thefe difafters we ufually do call Accidental, and 

 all fuch things of this nature, 



Hippi- 



