The compleat horse-man, and expert ferrier : In two bookes ... / by Thomas de Grey.

  • De Grey, Thomas
Date:
1651
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Credit: The compleat horse-man, and expert ferrier : In two bookes ... / by Thomas de Grey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thefe are tearmes taken from the Grounds of Thilofovhy; 'and therefore above their Genrn or Sphere. Hyppofem. Sir 5 there bee many things neceffary to bee duely knowne 5 and as diligently to bee obferved in him, that defireth to bee a'perfed and able Terrier5 which whofoever fhall bee defective in 5 hee may well bee an Emvyr etic all-Hor[e-Leach 3 but skilfull Terrier or Marshall hee fhall never bee. And for that you pleafe to fay5 that I fore too high 3 becaufe I began my difeourfe with the tearmes of Generation^ and Corruption ; If you had not interrupted mee 51 lhould have explicated my fclfe fo clearely 3 as that a very reafonable judgement might eafily have apprehended mee^ for I hold it not a thing fitting to puzzell mens Braines5 either with chime¬ ras ^ which they are not able to underftandj or with over- long, and tedious difeourfes, of things meercly imperti¬ nent : But if you fhall bee pleated to heare mee with patience, I will touch upon this fubjed, to wit: What are the caufes of Sickneffe in general], as alfo of Health and long Life $ and that Laconic a birevitate, and fo leave the reft to your judgement,and pra6lice;efpecially5con- fidering what other Authcurs ( my Matters ) have fo learnedly, and no leffe lufficiently intreated in this very Art. To begin therefore ( and but to fay, what I faid be¬ fore) with the caufes of fickneffe and death of Horfes in gcnerall, in the true knowledge whereof, confifteth their prefervation • I doe hold it a thing molt needful! that wee doe perfectly know that thing which wee do call Generation and Corruption, which all Thjfitiam and Philofophers havefo much difeuffed both in their Schools, andVVritings $ /and how the body of the Horfe (like alfo •