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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    But they of purpofe keep the females light And leane: and when they have an appetite To veneryy let them not irinke nor eate> And ceurfe them off and tye them in the heate, rvheninfull Barnes the ripe come crowded ltesy As empty chafe before the weft mndfiyes. And thts they doe, left too much ranchnefje make The breedings foyte, and fattedfurrowes take Too dull a fenfte but that they jhould draw in Seed with deftre5 and lodge it fafe within. But if thy minde thou more to war doe give, Or through Jov’s wood^ would ft racing Chariots drive Andfmftly paj] e by Pifa’s River fide: Thy firft taske is to make thy Horfe abide To fee the foldiers armesy he are their loudvoyces? The trumpets found) and ratling chariots noyf ?s9- And oft within the ft able let him heare The claffung whip5 heel more and more appeare To be delighted with his mafters prayf ?) t/ind when he ftrokes his neck) his courage rayfe. when firft hees wean d from fucking., let him heare Thefe things) and trembling be compel dto we are Soft halters oft about his head^ but when His life hath feme four Summers3 teach him then To run the Ring) in order high to beat The ground) and both wayes skilfully curveat As if he toy Id) then let him with his Jpeed Challenge the wind) and from all curbing freed) Scowr o re the champion fields fo f mfty that there Thefrnds no print of his light-foot doe heare, So when the Scythians guftS) and North-weft wind From their cold quarter fiercely blow) and bind