074 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE OF PROFESSOR SIMONDS 
styles himself Captain Gervase Markham : the result of my in- 
vestigation is that Gervase Markham is the same person — that he 
was a contemporary with Blundevilie, and published two books, 
both prior to those of Blundevilie. The first, a Treatise on Horse- 
manship, I have not yet been able to meet with ; but reference is 
made to it in his second work. It was printed about the year 
1593, when, as he informs us, his experience was but youngly 
fortified. Fourteen years after this period, namely, in 1607, and 
two years before Blundeville’s work, Markham's Cavelarice ap- 
peared, dedicated to Prince Henry, the eldest son of James the 
First. It is divided into eight parts, the sixth of which treats of 
the diseases of horses, with their cure. 
His publication, called “ the Faithful Farrier,” bears the date 
of 1630; and in the following year appeared the work to which I 
have alluded, as being the first l have yet found to treat of the 
maladies of cattle. 
In the preface to his “Faithful Farrier,” we are informed that 
“he is getting old, and that he yielded to the advice of friends to 
put it in print ; and that he was the more willing to do so, fear- 
ing that after his death his then ‘ fatherless child’ might get a 
new name.” I am very much disposed to think something like 
this did take place ; and that, even in these days, bookmakers 
and booksellers knew well hovr to profit by other men’s labours ; 
and that “Markham’s Master-piece,” which went through no less 
than twenty-one editions, the last of which is dated 1732, is 
nothing more than a compilation from his and other authors, 
published as a posthumous work. These remarks apply to all 
other books bearing his name, and which were ushered into the 
world after the year 1640. Hence, should I not be quite correct 
in supposing his Master-piece to be a posthumous work, this 
much is certain, that only one edition was printed before his 
death, and this must have been about 1640. 
I shall now proceed to take a little more notice of the “Art of 
Husbandry.” Our old author has been honest enough to tell us 
that it is a translation from the Italian, and was first written by 
Conrade Heresbatch, a learned nobleman, and translated by 
Barnaby Googe, Esq. I select an extract from its pages descrip- 
tive of the proper form and make of the bullock: — “Though 
some bullocks are chosen for their strength, some for the great- 
ness of their body, yet the best commonly have these properties ; — 
large well-knit and sound limbs ; a long, a large, and a deep- 
sided body ; white horned, broad forehead, great eyed, and 
blacke; his eares rough and hairy; his jaws to be large and 
wide; his lips blackish; his neck well brawned and thick; his 
dewlappe large, hanging down from his neck to his knees ; his 
