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Gums or Bars, alfo to bear too hard upon the Bit, and to 

 wry his Mouth, (hooting one Jaw over another, fo that the 

 Rider be he never fo good a horfeman, can have no direft 

 command of his Horfe. Now to corred thefe Vices, ma- 

 ny ufe rough and (harp Bits, which initead of reducing the 

 horfe to a better temper , quite fpoil his Mouth j therefore 

 according to my opinion, the belt way that may or can be 

 ufed, is to anoint or wafh the liorfes mouth, in cafe of hard- 

 nefs, with Honey , Hogs-lard, Allum, and Bole-Armonick 

 dilTolved in Ale, and ufe a fmooth and gentle Bit, not any 

 ways offenfive,. and wii:hal give him good words in every 

 Management, obferving not to Check him, but upon an ex- 

 traordinary occafion, but rather cherilh him ; and by fuch 

 gentlenefs and by the operation of the things he will become 

 gentle. If his Mouth be foft, ufe Allum, Oyl of Turpen- 

 tine and the Juyce of Scabious, with which wa(h it every 

 morning and evening, ullng him to a Bit, round which you 

 have wraped foft Linnen, till you find his mouth hardened 

 by the aforefaid Ingredients, and then let him take the for- 

 mer Bit flill, ufing the Ointment or mixture till you find he 

 can well indureany moderate Bit, not by any means chafing, 

 hairing, or hurrying your Horfe, but often riding him gent- 

 ly, and cooling his mouth with Spring-water, and fufFering 

 him to broufe if he will onfrefh Boughs , or feed on (hort 

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If your Horfe have not a hard nor foft Mouth, yet got 

 the Vice to draw up his Bit, as if he would fwallow it. 

 Take a piece of Whip- cord about a fpan-long and tye 

 one end thereof to the Eye of the Bit under the Kerb^ that 

 done, turn down the Horfes nether Lip, to the intent you 

 may eafdy bring the Cord between it and his nether Gums, 

 unto the other Eye of the Bit, faftening it to the lame, fo 

 that the more the Cord is Itrained, the falter and ftronger 

 the Bit may be \ fo that the knot being dextrouHy knit at 

 either end, few can perceive what is done , and in fo doing 

 he will by force be obliged to fuffer the Bit to reft in the 

 right place, and' thereby render himfdf better for the ad- 

 vantage of the feller and buyer. 



If your Horfe be fubjcd to move or wry his mouth, then 



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