Part I. PerfeSi Farrier. i o i 



Heel, becaufe either the Hoof muft not grow, or the 

 Heel will open, for the Spunge of the Shoe muft fol- 

 low the roundnefs of the Heel, and go no farther 

 than the end of the Quarter*, feeing then that the 

 Shoe giveth the fhape to the Foot, as without all 

 doubt it doth, and the Shoe taking no other ihape 

 than it hath already, it being inflexible *, and the 

 Horn, by its flexibility, being capable of receiving 

 any form ; it follows necefTarily, that the Shoe being 

 a Half-Pamon-Jhoe, muft force the Horn outwards, 

 and fo enlarge the Heel, which I Hull explain in 

 the following Chapter : But above all, you muft 

 take notice when you (hoe after this method, that 

 is to fay, with Half-? ant on-^oe^ that you keep al- 

 ways the Sole flrong. 



Some People fay, that the Frufh mould not at all 

 be pared, becaufe when it is entire it keepeth out 

 the Quarters, and preventeth their coming together; 

 truly, People mould not make the Sole hollow be- 

 twixt the JFr urn and the Quarters, but mould only 

 pare the top of the Frufh with the Butteris \ which 

 is called, to pare the Frulh flat : If People did not 

 at all pare the Frufh, there would happen this In-' 

 conyeniency, that it would corrupt and become 

 ftinking, and fo breed the Teignes, (which is whea 

 the Frufh mouldereth away in pieces, as if the Moths 

 had eaten it, and that it goeth the length of the^ 

 Quick i for then the itching pain is fo great, that it' 

 will often make a Horfe to halt : the word Teigne 

 flgnifieth a Moth, becaufe when a Horfe hath that 

 Infirmity, it looks as if the Moths had gnawed 

 his Frufh) befides that, there is no Advantage in 

 leaving.it fo high: We conclude then, that every 

 time that the Foot is pared, the Heels and Frufh 

 mould be made flat without hollowing the Quarters, 

 and that for the leaft ftraitning of the Heels, the 

 §punges mould be turned in towards the Sole, af- 

 ter the manner of tfie Half-ramon-Shoe, as it is ex~ 

 H % plained 



