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CHAPTER X. 



HORSE-SHOEING IN THE i6tH AND I7TH CENTURIES. INFLUENCE 

 OF THE ITALIAN HIPPIATRISTS. DIFFERENT FORMS OF SHOES IN 

 ENGLAND. ESCAPE OF CHARLES II. AN OBSERVANT FARRIER. 



THE farriers' COMPANY. THE EDINBURGH HAMMERMEn's COR- 

 PORATION. MARSTON MOOR SHOE. THOMAS BLUNDEVIL. ITALIAN 

 TECHNICAL TERMS. BLUNDEVIl's ART OF SHOEING. THE * BUT- 

 TER.' ITS DERIVATION. MANNER OF MAKING AND PUTTING ON 

 SHOES. UNPROFITABLE DEVICES. THE GERMAN AND ITALIAN 

 ANTI-SLIPPING SHOES. SHOES WITHOUT NAILS. JOINTED SHOES. 

 EVERY GENTLEMAN COITLD SHOE HIS HORSE IN GERMANY. THE 

 * PLANCHE ' SHOE. INJURIOUS RESULTS OF BLUNDEVIl's TEACH- 

 ING. BARET AND MARKHAM. SNAPE. FRANCE. THE MARECHAUX 

 FERRANTS. SOLLEYSEL. ROYAL FARRIERS. HOMe's TRANSLATION 

 OF SOLLEYSEL. SHOEING IN FRANCE. 



For the remainder of this history, we will confine our 

 attention to England and France, alone ; countries which 

 have vied with each other in researches into the functions 

 of the horse's foot, and the best mode of protecting it by 

 shoeing. 



During the 17th century, there appears to have been 

 an increasing desire to enhance the services of this noble 

 animal, and, thanks to the influence of the Italian hip- 

 piatrists, the men who now began to study the horse in 

 health and disease were capable of greatly adding to the 

 small amount of knowledge previously possessed on the 



