202 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book X. 



" ^ Bell'anie bell' amy,' 2l fayre soule is a fayre frend, &^ " 

 (Manningham's "Diary," Nov. 14, 1602). 



Horse-stealing was so prevalent about this time that it 

 was not unusual for those who had their horses stolen to 

 consult an astrologer, in order to find the thief, and thus 

 recover the purloined animal. — Lilly's " History of his Life 

 and Times." 



" A running-horse's shoes are so narrow at the heel, and 

 so thin, as they are called plates, rather than shoes ; it is not 

 only for lightness, but that the fresh nails, being newly shod, 

 may take the better hold of the earth to prevent slipping : 

 For could the nails be put in without shoes, as even and 

 regularly it would do as well ; but that cannot be, and there- 

 fore you must have plates for that end, which is the only end 

 of plates." — The Duke of Newcastle, ed. Lond., 1667, p. 131. 



"Sir Humphrey Forster, a Berkshire gentleman, having 



won lately, at the Groom-porters and at his own house, about 



;^7000, made a solemn vow, he would never touch 



^iR9«^ dice or cards more, paid his debts, and put ;^3000 



to interest, at seven in the hundred." — Rev. Joseph 



Mead to Sir Martin Stateville, Christ College, Feb. 26, 



1627-28. 



" Mr. Noel, son and heir to the Lord Viscount Campden, 

 who on Christmas day was married at court to the Lady 

 Anne Fielding, hath lost at tennis Tin one day, as 

 I take it) to my Lord Carnarvon, my Lord Rich, 

 and other young gallants, ^^2500; her portion, which his 

 majesty gave with her, not exceeding ^3000." — Mr. Pory to 

 Sir Tlios. Puckering, Bart., London, January 24, 1632-3. "The 

 Court and Times of Charles I." 



In the proceeding of the Council of State, February 



Interregnum. ^3' ^^SO' niinute No. 8 recites, that "The 



1649-59. form of the letter written last year to the 



Eacing 



Prohibited. Several sheriffs to prohibit horse races, to 



1650. 



be brought to Council to-morrow." * 



■^ State Papers, Interregnum, vol. Ixiii., p. 623. 



