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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17041	Brovvne his fiftie yeares practice. Or An exact discourse concerning snafflle-riding [sic], for trotting and ambling of all manner of horses whatsoeuer, from one degree to another, till they be perfit both for the trot and amble A subiect, neuer as yet pubished [sic] by any heretofore. By William Brovvne Gent.	Browne, William, Gent, fl. 1624.	1624 (1624)	STC 3913; ESTC S104834	28,210	49

BROWNE his fiftie yeares practice Or an exact Discourse concerning Snafflle-riding for Trotting and Ambling of all manner of Horses whatsoeuer from one degree to another till they be perfit both for the Trot and Amble A Subiect neuer as yet pubished by any heretofore By WILLIAM BROVVNE Gent. Printed by NICCHOLAS OKES and 〈…〉 TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND MOST NOBLE THOMAS Lord WINDESOR of Bradenham his Lordships humble seruant William Browne wisheth all increase of VERTVE and HONOR My Honoured LORD WITH much industry and many yeeres experience I haue gathered a few collections which I humbly beseech your Lordship to accept vnder your protection they are notes that will teach a young Rider the certaine and infallible way how to ride and mannage any Colt from the first haltering till he be a perfect riden horse of the Snaffle I acknowledge a great vnfitnesse in my selfe to set forth a booke in Print being an old Northerne man wanting fit language and method for these times and in nothing more vnexperienced then in the way of writing Yet because I know that my owne long practise in this businesse hath taught me many wayes to bring a Colt to this perfection which hath not yet beene divulged abroad by such as haue written in the same kinde I thought it better to send this poore booke forth cloathed with my owne simple language before death shut vp the euening of my dayes then to wrong my selfe or this arte so much as to conceale any thing that may doe other young men good in it And because I know that reading without practise doth but a very little helpe such who are of the meaner apprehensions I haue laboured with my best endeauour to furnish my Booke with pictures of examples both of the chiefe way how to worke the horses and the best instruments to worke withall I am encouraged to present my Booke and seruice to your Lorship because I perceiue that amongst other your recreations you are most addicted to haue good horses for your pleasure and excellent galloping horses for your exercise Moreouer your Lordship hath seene some proofe of my practise and I am so much bound vnto your Lorship for many your noble courtesies and fauours towards me that I would willingly pay a better thankfulnesse then this to your Honour if it rested in my abillity I onely entreate your Lorship to suffer this to rest vnder your Patronage and I will spend the remainder of my poore life in studdying how to be Your Lorships humblest to command in all Seruice WILLIAM BROVVNE BROWNES FIFTY YEARES Practise CHAPTER I. A true and vnfallable way how to Ride and Mannage any Colt from the haltering of him from one degree to another till he be a perfect ridden Horse of the Snaffle of what nature or disposition soeuer he is of YOV must haue first in a readinesse a strong rope about foure Fatham in length made with a running noose at the one end Then cause the Colte to be driuen into some large house where he may haue some sufficient roome to turne himselfe at his pleasure and to make him the more gentle to deale withall Let him haue the company of some old Horse haltered which you must keepe euer betwixt you and him to shadow you in such sort as they vse to stalke at foule vntill such time as with a long pole for the purpose then open the noose wider and lap one side thereof about the pole then with ease you may put the same ouer his head then presently put a good strong halter that well be sure to hold him and let there be tyed to it a chasing rope of foure Fatham long with a turnell in the one end tie the harter end to the turnell then let there be strength enough to hold him then put him forth of the house gently and bring him into the stable and there tye him fast to the manger then within one houre or two you may take him forth into some faire place and be sure you haue strength enough to hold him that he may know that hee is mastered then let one hauing a long repell in his hand trot him about you faire and gently both wayes which being done let him stand still to take his winde and goe faire and gently to him and cherrish him with faire words during that time stroaking your pole ouer him in many places of his body and if he refuse at the first doe not leaue him till he will suffer you to touch him therewith Then leade him into the stable againe and tie him fast as you did before then you must get a sticke of a yard and a halfe long and slit him in the one end some quarter of a yard long then take as much straw as the slit will hold and wrap it about fast and tye it fast with a packe-threed to keepe it in with the which you must stroake him gently first vpon the necke and brest and then to his body and so to his legges and so by degrees ouer all the parts of him till he will suffer you gently to touch him in any part of his body and legges then you may with the sticke in one hand and a good long wispe in the other first touch him with the sticke and then after with the wispe in the other hand and so you may make him let you touch him with the wispe by often touching him about the head that he will suffer you to touch him in any place about his head both about his cares and his mouth that when you come to bridle him he will suffer you gently to put the mouthing-brake into his mouth Then go and finde out some euen and firme ground as neere the stable as you can then get a pile or stoupe stake and driue it fast into the ground and that it may be one yard and a halfe aboue the ground let the ground where you meane to practise him be euen and firme that hee may take fast foote-hold then tye your chasing rope to the haiter I meane to the turnel and bring him forth and make a good large noose in the end of the chasing rope then bring him to the stoupe and put the noose ouer the stoupe then let some one take the rope in the middest to hold it vp from his feete and another with a good long pole in his hand to put him about the ring and when you beginne to put him about let it be on the left hand for that will make Him leade with his right legge which he must doe both in his pace trot and gallop you must put him at the first very gently about till he know something what to doe then you may trot him but in any case doe not change him on the right hand till you see that he doth set his right leg before and when you perceiue he doth it in his trot then you may venter to change him But where you put him once about on