ing horses. We may quote from Blunde- 

 ville's pages a few passages which throw 

 Hght upon our subject : — 



" Some men have a breed of Great Horses, meete 

 for warre and to serve in the field. Others have 

 ambhng horses of a meane stature for to journey and 

 travel by the waie. Some again have a race of swift 

 runners to run for wagers or to gallop the bucke. 

 But plane country men have a breed only for draftes 

 or burden." 



From the foregoing it would appear that 

 the lesser breed of agricultural horses (stots 

 and affers) was still in existence, though 

 the extract on page 34 appears to show that 

 mares of the Great Horse breed were used 

 for draught purposes. It will be remem- 

 bered that at an earlier age churchmen were 

 enjoined to use mares that the horses might 

 be at the service of soldiers. Thomas 

 Blundeville mentions as the "most worthy" 

 breeds : — 



" The Turke, the Barbarian, the Sardinian, Napo- 

 litan [commonly called the courser of Naples] , the 

 Jennet of Spain, the Hungarian, the high Almaine, 

 the Frizeland horse, the Flanders horse, and the Irish 

 hobbie." 



He describes these in turn : those that 

 come within our purview are the Napolitan, 

 hio'h Almaine and Flanders : the first of 

 these is : — 



