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The c Preface. 
fill/fometimes, mofl when they make an acute angle with the Belly ; yet the 
greateU ftrefs ufitally lies upon the hinder ; thefe being as the Centre of 
Gravity, and the Load, £W) of the Ho'rfe, the two Counter Weights. 
And when he Goes without Drawing, his fore Feet only fupport him ■ but 
his hinder , ferve alfo as Leavers to carry him on. And therefore when he 
walks, he always moves his hinder Foot fir fit. 
Together with jtich Notes as thefe, arifing from .the Defcription of the 
outward Parts ; how largely and ufefully might that of the Inner; his Gene¬ 
ration, Breeding and the like, be alfo infified on. Atid fo the like of other 
Animals. Whereby a better Hijlory of them might be written in five years, 
than hath hitherto been done in two Thoufand. 
As for the Figures, I have given only thofe of fitch particulars, as arc 
omitted by others. Saving one or two, found in fame Authors left known, 
or common. Nor any, but what is alfo deferib'd : which makes any further 
Explication of thefe needlefi, befides what the Reader will find next before 
them. , ' • J 
After the Defcriptions ; inftead of medling with Myfiick , Mythologies, 
or Hieroglyphic^ matters ; or relating Stories of Men who were great Ri¬ 
ders, or Women that were bold and feared not Horfes ; as jome others 
have done : I thought it much more proper. To remarqite fome of the Ufes 
and Reafons of Things. Where alfo for the fake of the EngliJI.) Reader, L 
have undergone the tranferibing fomc particulars. More I could have done , 
with lejs trouble. Thefe I hope will cOmpenfate the room, they take up. 
AmongU Medicines, I have thought fit to mention the Virtues of divers 
Exoticks. Becaufe the greatejl Rarity, if once experienced to be of good 
ufe, will foon become, common. The Jefiifes Barque, of which, no Man 
yet hath well clefcrib d the Tree, and very few know precifely where it grows-, 
yet what great quantity, doth the much ufe of it bring over to us <? Unicorns 
Horns, upon the like motive of i rade, would be as plentiful as Elephants 
Teeth. 
L have made the Quotations, not to prove things well known, to be true ; 
as one * (and he too defervedly efleemed for his great Diligence and Curio- 
ytyf) who very formally quotes Ariftotle, to prove a Sheep to be amongfl the 
Bijulca; Ovem, ( inquit) exgenere efle Bifulcorum, non folum 
T fi /x T itUr ’/ ed -^ r 'ft° te l es etiam fcripto publicavit, inquiens; as if 
Al lltotle, must be brought to prove a Man hath ten Toes. But partly To 
be my Warrant, in matters lefs credible. Partly, to give the Authors, that 
which is their due : not at all likjng the Malignant-way of fame, who never 
mention any, but to confute him. Tet withall. To reclifie his Mifiakps 
w ere 1 found them. And to mind the Reader, Not to perufe the mofl Ho- 
nejt, or Learned Author, without fome caution. 
