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ceed, let a perfon ftand behind him with a Cudgel and bea^ 

 him forward jbut by no means let the rider ftrike or Spur hini^ 

 fo that he will be induced to believe the thing which he fees 

 • is the caufe of thofe ftripes, and therefore when he again be- 

 holds it, he will advance with all Celerity to avoid the pu- 

 nilhment. 



If his Starting comes by defedl of fight, and thereby things 

 arei'eprefented to him otherwife then they are ,. you mult 

 lead him up to them, and often ride him where Sounds and 

 confufed Noifes are, but offer him no Violence , left you 

 confound him , he not underftanding your meaning, but ra- 

 ther cherifh him with words and gefture to imbolden him, 

 and caufe him to forget his fear, and by fuch ufage he will 

 be foon brought to good order. 



If your Horfe be fearful of other Horles, and by that 

 TohdYdsn reafon dare not freely feed, to imbolden him and make him 

 bim againfl x,\]q freer from fear, ufe him to the company of tame and 

 other mr- gentle Horfes, fufFering him to feed with them, but laying 

 ^"' the Oats or Hay on their fide, that he may be forced to reach 



for it, and likewife to fhift for his Lodging : After which 

 put him to Horfes moi'e wild and unruly, and by the fame 

 rule he will fhift amongfl" them. When he is fo hardned ride 

 him abroad, and meet divers Horfes upon a full trot, force 

 him in amongfl them and juftle, gently making him bear 

 forward with a ftrong Refolution, and fo upon ret urn, which 

 ufage will inure him to fUch familiarity, that the like o- 

 therwife would not be by him attainable. 

 ^t ^^ices The Vices of the Mouth are many, the principal, of which 

 ff tht and their caufcs take as followeth, 'viz^ A Horfe may have 

 Mtutb. an. Evil' Mouth divers ways, as when his Chin or Beard , 

 where the Kerb fhould lye is too hardj or the like may 

 happen in the place where the Bit and Kirb fhould 

 reft, or contrary-wife both thofe, and the Tongue may be 

 too foft and tender, and thereby render the Guidance unea- 

 fi€ to your Horfe, fo that he istimerous to flay the Bit up- 

 on his mouth as he ought, and again his Mouth may be too 

 little, or his Jaws too thick or great, of which caufes do 

 proceed divers Vices, as to draw up the Bit with his Tongue, 

 as if he would fwallow it, not fuirering it to refl upon his 



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