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twice at a horse that had bad quarters or in- 

 different withers. 



Altogether it seems clear that, though he had a 

 natural aptitude for horsemanship, he must have 

 been carefully and very thoroughly coached in all 

 the points of a horse, as well as in all that apper- 

 tained to the management, training and stabling 

 of horses of every kind. 



Horses had risen in price during Charles I.'s 

 reign. In the reign of Charles II. they rose 

 higher still. 



Thus about the year 1635 — that is to say 

 towards the middle of Charles I.'s reign — 300 

 and 400 pistoles was considered a moderate sum 

 to pay for a well-broken young horse. 



''And the Marquis of Seralvo told me," writes 

 the Duke of Newcastle, " that a Spanish horse 

 called II Bravo, and sent to the Arch-Duke 

 Leopold, his master, was held as much as a 

 Mannor of a Thousand Crowns a year, and 

 that he hath known horses at 700, 800, and 1000 

 pistoles." 



Elsewhere we find indisputable evidence that 

 between the beginning of Charles I.'s and 

 the end of Charles I I.'s reign sums varying 

 from 400 to 700 pistoles must often have been 

 paid for saddle horses, while for race horses 



