not Admit of you must Hold it a little off from that End beyond your Hand not only to make much of your Horse with it but to Hold it the Faster The Right Hand where the Rod is ought to be a little before your bridle-Bridle-Hand and the Right Arm a little Looser than your Left Arm but not too Far from your Body the point of the Rod bending a little Inwards your Brest out You must Look a little Gay and Pleasantly but not Laughing and Look directly between the Horses Ears when he goes Forwards I do not mean you should be Stiff like a Stake or like a Statue on Horse-Back but much otherwise that is Free and with all the Liberty in the world as the French-Man sayes in Dancing A la negligence and so I would have a Man on Horse-Back En Cavalier and not Formal for that shewes a Scholler more than a Master and I never saw any Formality but me-thought it Lookt something of the Simple and Foolish The Seat is so much as you shall see hereafter as it is the only thing that makes a Horse go Perfectly and the very Manner of Sitting is beyond all other Helps Therefore Despise it not for I dare Boldly say He that is not Bel homme de Cheval shall never be Bon homme de Cheval For the Reins both of the Bridle and the Cavezone I have shewed you that which was never yet Known before And so this is enough for the Seat of the Cavalier THE SECRET HELPS OF THE HORSE-MANS BODY YOu must Sit Straight upon the Twist and always keep your Self so what Action soever the Horse makes and to that End you should always go to that which comes to you which is a Contrary Action As for Example The Horse Rises Before then you must put your Body a little Forward to him for did you go along with the Horse you must put it Backward If the Horse Strikes Behind or Raises his Croup you must put your Body Backwards which is Contrary to the Horses Motion for did you Follow the Horse you must put your Body Forward and be Thrown But the Best is To Sit Straight and the Action of the Horse will keep you on your Twist You must Understand That the Body on Horse Back is Divided into three Parts two Moveable and one Immoveable The Moveable is the Body to the Waste the Immoveable from the Waste to the Knees and the other Moveable from the Knees to the Foot The Bodies Helps are to be Gentle Helps for all Horses for to Sit Strong on Horse-Back Astonishes the Weak Horse makes the Strong go Counter-times and forces him too much makes a Furious Horse Madd makes a Resty Horse more Resty and a Horse Hard on the Hand to Run away and Displeases all sorts of Horses You are not neither to Sit Weak on Horse-Back but to Sit Easie Gentle Helps being Best For they Fit all Horses and Please all Horses The New and True Method of Working at first either Colts Young Horses or Old Ignorant Horses upon Large Circles D'une piste NOw that you are on Horse-Back Know how to Sit and Know all your Helpes I will shew you How to Dress your Horse Perfectly Which is in the Manner Following The Cavezone being My Way the Reins in your Hand the Inward Cavezone's Rein pull'd Hard and Low on the Inside of the Turn Legg and Rein of a side that is within the Turn which brings In the Horses outward Shoulder the Bridle-Hand Low and a little on the Out-side or In-side as you see Occasion This gives the Horse a good Apuy Working more on the Barrs than on the Curb though it Works on both The Horses Croup being Out and pulling In his outward Shoulder presses the Horse on the Inside and fits him to Gallop large D'une piste as also for a Trot to Supple his Shoulders being prest The Inside puts him upon the Shoulders which gives him an Apuy and Supples his Shoulders extreamly which is the first thing you must Work on for without Suppling a Horses Shoulders extreamly he can never do any thing for that is the First and Principal business and nothing doth it like the Cavezone my Way Give him no other Lesson than this until he be very Supple on the Shoulders upon his Trot for that is the Foundation of all things in the Mannage to Supple him and make him Leight and never Gallop him until he be so Leight as he offers to Gallop of himself and this Trotting and Galloping large as they call it D'une piste though his Croup be Out and the Horse Lean's so much on the Inside as you would think he would Fall he goes the Surer for it Stop him but seldom and when you do Stay him rather by Little and Little than with a Sudden Stop for that Weakens a Young Horses Reins and Back very much and when he is on the Hand then put your Body Back to put him upon the Hanches and give him Harder Stops but then your outward Legg is to put In his outward Legg or else he cannot Stop upon the Hanches your outward Hanch being out OF LARGE CIRCLES Upon A TROT WHen you Work your Horse upon Large Circles D'une piste upon a Trott with the Cavezone my Way in your Hand Legg and Reyn on the Inside either upon Large or Narrow Circles D'une piste upon his Trott where his Leggs in that Action are Cross you must know how they Ought to Go Which is thus His Hinder-Legg on the Inside of the Turn and his Fore-Legg on the Out-side of the Turn are Lifted up together at a time and his Hinder-Legg on the Inside of the Turn when it is set Down is set a little beyond his outward Hinder-Legg and a little Forwarder and his Fore-Legg without the Turn is set Down at the same time a little Forwarder than his inward Fore-Legg and both Circularly and when he Changes his Leggs Cross then his outward Hinder-Legg is set before his inward Hinder-Legg and his inward Fore-Legg before his outward Fore-Legg and beyond it and both Circularly His inward Hinder-Legg being set down Thus must of necessity Bend and Supple his Shoulders and the Cavezone's inward Reyn being Wrought as I told you before the inward Legg must of necessity put Out his Croup and Supple his Shoulders and thus he is Bent and Suppled extreamly and can never be Entier and his Leggs always go Right and Truly which is the most excellent Lesson that can be OF GALLOPING UPON Circles D'une piste TO Work your Horse D'une piste upon Large or Narrow Circles the Cavezone's Reyn in your Hand Legg and Reyn on the Inside and the outward Reyn of the Bridle if need be to Supple his Shoulders pulling the inward Reyn hard to bring In his outward Shoulder upon a Gallop I will tell you How his Leggs go for a Gallop is another Action than a Trott for a Trott is Cross and a Gallop is both of a
to you then the Curb works more and pulls Down the Horses Head the Reason is plain for when you pull the Cheeks Hard and Up then you pull the Mouth of the Bitt Down and so the Horses Head because it works hard on the Curb For it is most True That when the Cheeks of the Bitt are pull'd Up the Mouth goes Down and Straightens the Curb the Hand being High and when the Cheeks are not pull'd Hard then the Curb is Slackt and the Horses Head at more Liberty for the pressure of the Barrs and Curb Depends upon the Cheeks for when the Cheeks goe Up the Mouth of the Bitt goes Down and when the Cheeks of the Bitt goe Down the Mouth of the Bitt goes Up. This is the Operation and the Effects of the Bitt Of Another Operation of the Bitt I Must tell you That the Cheeks lie Slope to you and the Reins more Slope before they come to your Hand so the Bitt cannot Press very much on the Horse being so farr from the Perpendicular-Line and as the Cheeks are pull'd Up the Mouth goes Down and as the Cheeks goe Down the Mouth goes Up alwayes Contrary The Perpendicular-Line is When you Thrust your Hand Forward just Perpendicular to the End of the Cheeks and so pull it up Hard and it Works extreamly upon the Curb which is to pull his Head Down This I never Use but thought fit to Tell you what it is and the Effects of it OF THE Operation of the two Reins Separated in both Hands I Told you the Inward Rein prest the Horse on the Outside of the Turn and made him Look into the Turn And I told you the Outward Rein prest the Horse on the Inside of the Turn and made him Look out of the Turn and for Passager he must be prest on the Inside and therefore to be Help't with the Outward Rein But to make him Look into the Turn I Help with the Inward Rein too So I Help with both Reins in Passager the Inward Rein to make him Look into the Turn and the Outward Rein to bring In his Outward Shoulder and to Press him on the Inside for many Reasons that I have already Exprest TO Work with the Bridle in the Left Hand Only YOur Little Finger Separating the Reins the Left Rein lies under the Little Finger and the Right Rein lies above the Little Finger so that for the Left Hand the Hand on the Contrary side of his Neck the Knuckles towards his Neck you pull the Little Finger to you and that Straightens the Left Rein And for the Right Rein because that lies above the Little Finger your Hand on the Outside your Knuckles towards his Neck Here you must Bend your Hand Inward and then your Little Finger Slacker and this Works the Right Rein as the Left Rein the Little Finger Straightned and the Ring-Finger Slack't and because the Horses Body should not Rise too High keep the Bridle-Hand Low and that will put him upon the Hanches And this is the Truth and Quintessence of the Bridle-Hand for the Inward Rein of either side OF THE Operation of the Outward Rein of the Bridle FOr the Right Hand you must turn up your Little Finger and as you put it up put it a little on the Inside of the Turn but you must bring in your outward Shoulder at the same time And for the Left Hand turn up your Little Finger and your Thumb down as you did before and at the same time put it on the Inside of the Turn and bring in your outward Shoulder moderately THE Reins being both in your Left Hand HOW To Work them Both at One Time for PASSAGER FOr the Right Hand Put your Hand on the Outside and for the Left Hand put your Hand without his Neck on the Inside of the Turn and that Pulls and Works the outward Rein. So now you see on both Hands How you can perfectly Work both Reins at one time which is the Quintessence of Passager the Reasons I have told you afore OF THE Vse of the Two Reins of the Bridle YOu must Help with the Outward Rein of the Bridle in the Piroite because his Fore-parts are Straightned and his Hinder-parts at Liberty so you must Help with the Outward Rein of the Bridle for Demy-Voltoes and in Passadoes by a Wall because his Fore-parts are Straightned and his Hinder-parts at Liberty being but Half a Piroite so you must Help with the Outward Rein of the Bridle in Corvets Backward upon a Straight Line his Fore-parts being Straightned and his Hinder-parts at Liberty because they Lead So you must Help with the Outward Rein of the Bridle in all Leaps Croupadoes Balotadoes and Capriols either Forward or upon Voltoes because his Fore-parts are Straightned and his Croup at Liberty or else he could not Leap For Terra a Terra you must Help with the Inward Rein of the Bridle because then his Hinder-parts are Straightned and his Fore-parts Inlarged so with the Inward Rein for Demy-Voltoes because his Hinder-parts are Straightned and his Fore-parts Inlarged But in Corvets upon Voltoes the Outward Rein because his Hinder-parts are Subjected and his Fore-parts Inlarged and so forward in Corvets with the Outward Rein because there his Hinder-parts are Subjected and his Fore-parts are Inlarged and at Liberty to go Forward because they Lead Observations How to Hold the Reins of the Bridle WHensoever you Hold your Hand Even with the Pommel it Slackens the Curb if in the Middle of the Pommel it is Slacken'd more if upon his Neck it is Slackned most because it is Farthest from the Perpendicular Line and the Higher you hold your Bridle-Hand above the Pommel the Curb is Straightned the more because you can pull Harder and go Neerer by that means to the Perpendicular Line The Hand should never be above two or three Fingers above the Pommel a little Forwarder and Easie but Firm for there is nothing makes a Horse go more of the Hanches than a Light Hand and Firm for when he hath nothing to Rest on Before he will Rest Behind for he will Rest on something and when he Rests Behind that 's upon the Hanches A Leight Hand is the greatest Secret we Have but there is no Horse can be Firm of the Hand except he Suffers the Curb and Obey it Here ends the Quintessence of Working with the Cavezone and the Bridle MY OPINION for SPURRS THe Spurrs ought rather to be Long-Neckt than Short Neckt because with Long-Neckt Spurrs the Rider makes less Motion either in Correcting or Helping his Horse which a good Horse-man should alwayes Do for he that is the Quietest on Horse-Back is the Greatest Master for ill Horse-Men cannot sit Still on Horse-Back The Fashion of the Spurrs should be A la Conestable the Wansnot too Long and Compas'd and Black Sanguine the Buckles and Rowels of Silver not Burnisht because they do not Rust as Iron and therefore Ranckles not a Horses sides so much
Side always Leading with his Leggs within the Turn and makes Four distinct Times with his four Leggs as I have shewed you before Well then his Fore-Legg within the Turn Leads Circularly and is set Down before and beyond his outward Fore-Legg and his Hinder-Legg within the Turn follows but is set Down a little before his outward Hinder-Legg and a little 〈…〉 beyond it which Supples his Shoulders and 〈…〉 Hinder Parts being put Out thus makes him Gallop Right and nothing like it This is a most Excellent Lesson and 〈…〉 Foundation of All Things in the Mannage To Trott and Gallop thus his Fore-Parts come 〈…〉 the Center and his Hinder-Parts flies it being prest more upon the Shoulders than the Croup But when he is thus Prest and Supple in the Shoulders the Croup is easily Wrought afterwards I must Tell you in these Lessons the Horse is Prest and Leans extreamly on the Inside of the Turn which is Rare To Supple his Shoulders to Walk him thus too and Stop him with your outward Legg is very good ANOTHER EXCELLENT LESSON to Supple a HORSES SHOVLDERS GO as if the Horse's Head was to the Pillar though you have none and on the Left Hand and pull the Inward Cavezone's Reyn hard to you and though he goes on the Left Hand his Shoulders are Suppled for the Right Then go on the Right Hand and pull the Inward Cavezone's Reyn hard to you though the Horse goes on the Right Hand yet his Shoulders are Suppled for the Left This is an Admirable Lesson to Supple a Horses Shoulders and thus he shall never be Entier Another Lesson for Suppling a HORSES SHOULDERS Upon LARGE CIRCLES UPon Large Circles his Croup Out to all the Helps both with the Cavezone Bridle Reyns Leggs and Body as I told you before only this is to be Added for a while till the Horse is Accustomed to it I would have you Trott him without Stopping of him upon his Trott but from his Trott to Gallop him Le petit Gallop Gently and from his Gallop to his Trott again and though of the same Hand still yet Change him from Trott to Gallop and from Gallop to Trott until you think it Sufficient and then Stop him either upon a Trott or Gallop which you please This is a most Excellent Lesson not only to Supple his Shoulders but to make him Attend and Obey the Will of his Rider having no continued Rule to Fix his Mind on to go by Rote either in Trotting or Galloping but still to Obey the Man as he Helps or Commands him to either and not Knowing when it is he must absolutely Obey both the Hand and the Heel and so Stopping sometimes upon a Trott and sometimes upon a Gallop not Knowing when he should be Stopt nor where he should be Stopt makes him still to Obey the Man 's both Hand and Heel and therefore a Better Lesson cannot be in the World and therefore Use it For all our End is To make a Horse Obey the Hand and the Heels And this Lesson doth it as much as any Lesson can do If the Horse Retain his Forces then Gallop him Fast and Quick and then Softly again and then Fast again as Occasion serves And this Softly and Quick upon his Gallop not Knowing when he must do Either makes him Obey both his Riders Hand and Heels which is the End of our Work and the Quintessence of the Mannage When you have Suppled the Horse sufficiently on the Shoulders and find him Hard on the Hand in not being upon the Hanches then Trot him Large D'une piste and Stop him Often and good Hard Stops with your outward Legg and pull him down your Body back and when he least Thinks of it but if he would Stop of himself put him Forward without Stopping of him and Stop him when he Thinks not of it and do the same upon a Gallop Stop him Often and Hard and put him Back sometimes and you will find him very much upon the Hanches This is an Excellent Lesson both to Settle him on the Hand and to put him upon the Hanches But when you have done that you must not Continue this Lesson long for it Pinches a Horse very much on the Back besides it makes him Fearful to go Forward and so may make him Resty and many Inconveniencies may come of it therefore your own Judgment must Work according to Occasion when you do Stop him as I formerly have Told you You must Stop him upon a Walk too as well as upon a Trott or a Gallop All these Lessons are only to Supple a Horses Shoulders and see that you Use no other Lessons than These until the Horse be extreamly Supple of his Shoulders and be Firm on the Hand These are Rare Lessons To settle a Horse upon the Hand to Supple his Shoulders to make him Look into the Turn to Trott and Gallop Right as he should do both Leggs Head Neck Body and all And besides these if you Work as I have Told you the Horse shall never be Entier which the Italians call the Credenza which is the Worst Vice a Horse can have and the most Dangerous And these Lessons with the Cavezone My Way hath these Rare Operations You must alwayes Use these Lessons until the Horse be extreamly Supple of his Shoulders being the Principal Thing in Dressing Horses and the First of our Work Horses doth nothing but by Custom and Habit with often Repetions to Fortify their Memories and by good Lessons and Methodical and so do all Men in all Things that they do Good or Bad Therefore give these Good Lessons and Repeat them Often to your Horse and you will find by them Benefit and Contentment And Remember that I Work upon the Understanding of a Horse more than the Labour of his Body for I assure you he hath Imagination Memory and Judgement Let the Learned say what they Please I Work upon Those three Faculties and that is the Cause my Horses go so Well Here is now the End of all my Lessons in Working a Horse to Supple his Shoulders which if you can do according to those Lessons then I will Assure you you have done the better Half of the work in Dressing and Making up a perfect Horse The next Lessons are the other Half and the Easier which is To make him Sensible to the Heels and those shall follow after some certain Maxims which I will Insert here and pray you to Mark and Remember them The most Certain means to Unite a Horses Forces to Assure and Settle his Head and his Hanches to make him Leight on the Hand and to make him Capable of all Justness and Firmness in all sorts of Ayres and Mannages Depends absolutely on the perfection on the Stop as I have Told you but first he must be Loosen'd and Suppl'd upon the Trott Going Back is a Remedy to put him upon the Hanches to Accommodate and Adjust his Hinder-Feet and Settle him on the
Hand and to make him Leight Before to Stop Leightly and in just Proportion You must never Gallop your Horse until he be so Leight upon his Trott as he begins to Gallop of himself For the Exercise of the Trott is the first and most necessary Foundation to make him Leight and is the Ground of every Lesson which can make the Horse Adroit and Obedient and on which must be the Foundation of all sorts of Mannages The Property of the Gallop is To give him a good Apuy and to Settle his Head and if he have too much Fougue or Fire Le petit Gallop will Appease him and give him Patience and if he Playes too much on the Back it will take it off but all upon Large Circles It Tempers his Spirits makes him Well-Winded and takes away his Too-violent Apprehensions and Diverts him from Evil designes of Jades Tricks of Restiness and Double-Heart and Supples all his Members EXCELLENT NOTES To make an END of the WORKING OF THE HORSES SHOVLDERS HAving shewed you How you should Work and Supple the Horses Shoulders with the Cavezone's Reyn in your Hand and not Tied to Pommel which is the better Half of our Work I will Shew you the other Half which is To make him Obey the Heels and Work both Shoulders and Croup together the Cavezone's Reyn still in your Hand and not Tied to the Pommel To Work the Horses Croup and Shoulders together is With the Inward Reyn and Outward Legg the inward Reyn of the Cavezone in your Hand and pull'd on the Inside of the Turn to bring In his Outward Shoulder and to Press the Horse on the Inside of the Turn that his Leggs without the Turn may be Free and at Liberty to lapp over his inward Leggs which we call Passager or En-Cavalier his Croup In. This Passager though it is the Action of a Trott with his Leggs yet it is less Violent than a Trott and more than a Walk which is the best Action to Teach a Horse any thing of a Short Trott and Together The first Lesson therefore that you must give him upon this Action is His Head to the Wall pulling the Inward Cavezone's Reyn hard to you on the Inside and Helping at the same time with your outward Legg the Horse to go Byas his Shoulders before his Croup which makes him Narrow behind and so upon the Hanches because he is upon the Action of a Trott his Leggs being Cross If he do not Obey the Heel give him the Spurr gently on that side when the Horse goes thus he is then Prest on the Inside of the Turn if this be on the Right Hand then it is but Changing your Bridle-Hand into your Right Hand and the Left Cavezone's Reyn in your Left Hand and pull it Hard on the Inside to you and your outward Legg and make him do as much on the Left Hand Legg and Reyn Contrary and if he do not Obey the Heel give him the Spurr with your outward Legg Continue this Lesson until you find him Obedient to your Heels You may make him go Byas in an open Field the same Way with the same Helps OF THE VOLTOES in PASSAGER WHen he Obeys perfectly the Heel upon this Lesson of Byas in Passager then put him upon his Voltoes or Circles upon Passager pulling the inward Cavezone's Reyn on the Inside of his Neck hard to you to bring in his outward Shoulder and your Contrary Legg Legg and Reyn contrary bending his Neck extreamly and if he do not Obey the Heel give him the Spurr with your outward Legg and then do as much on the other Hand and when you find him very Obedient upon Passager a little Large his Croup In which puts him upon the Hanches Because his Croup is In and because it is upon the Action of a Trott and the Less Circle he is alwayes the most Prest and therefore upon the Hanches I say When he is perfectly Obedient to your Hand and Heels upon his Voltoes somewhat Large then make him go upon his Passager in little more than his Length and if he be Obedient to your Hand and Heel there on both Hands he is Advanced very Far towards a Ready-Horse For if a Horse Obey my Hand and Heel upon Passager which is a gentle Motion and therefore proper to Learn a Horse because it makes him Patient and fortifies his Memory the Better I say if he be Obedient to me upon this Action which is the Quintessence of Dressing Horses then I can make him do Any thing that his Forces will permit him When the Horse is Perfect in the aforesaid Lessons then put him upon his Voltoes his Croup In upon Le petit Gallop thus Pull the Inward Cavezone's Reyn hard to you on the Inside of his Neck and your outward Legg to Help him Poysing more on the outward Stirrup than on the Inward and Bend his Neck extreamly that he may be Prest on the Out-side of the Turn which is proper for Le petit Gallop his Croup In and Help him with your Tongue and he will go presently very Perfectly and giving him good Stops he is advanced very far towards a Ready-Horse There is no Difference here between Le petit Gallop and Terra a terra When your Horse Obeys all these Lessons perfectly which is To obey your Hand and the Heels Teach him to Advance which is to Rise Before without which no Horse can be a Ready-Horse You may do it when you Stop him or upon Large Circles staying him upon the Hand helping him with your Tongue and your Leggs and Rodd if there be cause and put him Forward still after it and Raise him again But if he Rises of himself put him Forward and let him not Rise but when you would have him and he will very soon Obey you When he Rises perfectly when you would have him upon Large Circles then put his Croup In upon his Voltoes and Raise him so and then Feel him upon the Hand and Stay him a little when he is Up and this will both put him upon the Hand and upon the Hanches Why I would not have you Raise him before now was Because it would Disorder his Mouth and put him Off of the Hand and make him Resty for many Horses Rises Restily because they would not go Forward nor Turn for until they Obey the Hand and Fly the Heel there is no Raising of them I would have you always begin upon Large Circles his Croup Out and then put In his Croup afterward and so End When the Horse is perfect in all these former Lessons then I would have you Tie the inward Cavezone's Reyn hard to the Pommel and Work him upon all former Lessons so with the inward Reyn and inward Legg and the outward Reyn if need be his Croup Out Upon Large Circles his Croup In the inward Cavezone's Reyn Tied to the Pommel and Help'd with the inward Reyn of the Bridle to press him on the outside of the
of the Bitt with some little Rings gives Liberty for his Lips and Discharges them and the Branches A la Connestable But indeed I would have but two sorts of Bitts which is 1. The Canon A la Pignatell 2. And the Olives A la Pignatell to Discharge his Lips if need be but the Branches alwayes A la Connestable Thus you have the Truth of Bitts brought into a narrow Compass there is little in them to bring a Horse to Understanding on which we must Work and that is his Reason by the Favour of the Logitians Distinction of Reasonable and Irreasonable Creatures for were they as good Horse-men as Schollers they would have made another Distinction Well then it is not a Piece of Iron can make a Horse Knowing if it were a Bitt-Maker would be the best Horse-man No! It is the Art of appropriated Lessons fitting every Horse according to his Nature Disposition and Strength Punishing and with good Lessons Rectifying his Vices Rewarding him and Preserving him in his Horse-Vertues and not trusting to an Ignorant peice of Iron call'd a Bitt For I will make a perfect Horse with a Cavezone with a Bitt better than any man shall with his Bitt without a Cavezone so highly is the Cavezone rightly used to be esteemed For I had a Barbe at Antwerp that went Perfectly with the Cavezone without a Bitt which was true Art and not the Ignorance and Folly of Bitts The famous Pignatell at Naples never used but simple Bitts which made the Ignorant wonder how he could Dress Horses so Perfectly with no more sorts of Bitts But he told them it was their Ignorance made them wonder at his Art And so that great Master in this Art Monsieur de Pluvinel did the same For he had always a plain Cavezone and not too sharp and to make it Gentler did always Line it with double Leather at the least for a Horse to Wry his Head or suck up his Bitt or put his Tongue over the Bitt it never happens in my Mannage or Method because the Liberty A la Pignatel hinders his Tongue for going over the Bitt and working with the Cavezone with truly Slacking the Bitt those things never happens or do ever Horses put out their Tongues OF THE IMPERFECTIONS OF A HORSE'S MOVTH ALL our Writers in Horse-manship the great Masters in that Profession as well Old as Modern are mightily Troubled and Concerned about the Vices and Imperfections of a Horse's Mouth As for Example The first when a Horse pulls and sucks up his Tongue The second when he puts his Tongue over the Bitt The third when he doubles it about the Bitt And the fourth when he hangs his Tongue out of his Mouth either Forward or of one side of his Mouth For all and every one of these Vices our great Doctors in Horse-manship hath taken a great deal of Pains with many curious Devices and many Inventions with Bitts to Cure them and take great Pains and much Labour about it so much as their several Writings about these particular Vices of the Mouth would make a great Volume when the truth is Most of their Bitts to Remedy these Imperfections are much greater Vices than those they would Remedy and their Physick the greatest Disease and brings more Inconveniencies with it than the Vices they go about to Cure The truth is in short I wish a Horse had none of those Faults but put the case he hath As putting out his Tongue or putting his Tongue over the Bitt or sucking or drawing of his Tongue up or doubling of it All these I wish were not but if they be the Horse is not prejudiced at all by them for he will have as good an Apuy with them as without them and will be as firm and steady of his Head and as sensible of the Barrs and the Curb as if those Vices were not for the Bitt rests and works still upon his Barrs and the Curb works in his due Place where it ought in spight of his Tongue let it be where it will or not be for when a Horse's Tongue is Cut off Doth that hinder the Bitt for working on the Barrs or the Curb for working in his due Place Not at all Nay I have known a Horse's Tongue quite pull'd out by the Roots and yet he went as well as ever he did in his Life so that is nothing for the Bitt still works upon the Barrs and the Curb where it ought And a Horse with a Tongue and put it where he will or a Horse without a Tongue is no hinderance to a Horse that hath a good Apuy or is well setled on the Hand no hinderance in the world So that now you see What vain Curiosities to no purpose Our great Masters hath troubled themselves about and pusled many of their Readers and tormented the poor Horses to boot to no End in the world FINIS Excellent NAMES for HORSES of MANNAGE ITALIAN and SPANISH BElla Donna Bell in Campo Desperato Argentino Dorato Gatto Gatino Rondinello Felice Lampo Soura Speransa Capitano Lupo Mahaumilia Mala testa Melancholia Genette Corsiero Neapolitano Rubicano Signiore Delitia Nobilisimo Dolce Bona Natura Bellissimo Bonissimo Mille Fiore Almenara Nuntio Dracone Arogatillo Diamante Arrogante Il Bravo Cavallo Imperiale Emperatore Grandissimo Illustrissimo FRENCH FAvory Mignion Balott Galliard Bonit Perle Roussin Sans Pareil La Perfection Le Delicat Isabelle d' Espagne Monsieur Le Hober Le Petit Barbe Le Grand Barbe Le Turc Le Petit Boutton Le Superbe Le Bouffon La Mervelle Le Miracle Le Courtau Le Fripon Le Larron Le Mechant L' Emerillon L' Admirable Le Diligent Le Parangon Le Loyall Le Sensible L' Enrage Le Fougeux Le Malitieux L' Endormy Le Countre Coeur L' Amour La Maitresse Le Roy Le Prince Le Duc L' Empereur Le Collonel Le General Le Cardinal Le Pape La Tempeste Le Compagnion Le Comarade L' Amie L' Ennemy Le Philosophe La Vielle Le Diable Le President Le Juge Le Capritieux Le Quereleux Le Piqueur L' Yurogne Le Fantasque Le Tenez-ferme Le Jeteur Le Rude Le Vilain Le Coquin Le Poultron Le Poure Le Courageux Le Desprise Le Hardi Galliardon La Mouche Le Troumpeur La Rencontre Le Mouton Le Janti Le Lion Le Renard L' Elefant Le Pegase Le Volant Via Lactea Le Determine La Grenouille Le Gallant Le Cavalier Mon Roy Le Soldat Le Conquereur Le Conselier Le Terrible La Batalle La Beaute L' Estoile L' Enioue Mars Jupiter FOR DUTCH HORSES LE Pisante Le Swiss Myn Heare Frison Younker Vrselino
to them and no doubt but they do it on Purpose to keep them in Subjection and Fear of them For Familiarity breeds Contempt and Curtesie doth no Good but makes them Presume and makes them Diligent still to Obey Neither do they Use the Rod at all no more do I for one Rod will serve me almost a Year nor Use the Voyce but a good Hand and good Heels which only Dresses Horses and seldom lets a Fault escape without Punishment When they have Corrected them one Morning it may be they will Spur them the next Morning but otherwise never Correct them without a Fault and if they make none they are not Punisht and there 's their Reward Certainly this may be good for Dressing of Horses For my part when they do Well I Cherish and Reward them and when they do ill I Punish them for Hope of Reward and Fear of Punishment Governs this whole World not only Men but Horses And thus they will Chuse the Reward and Shun the Punishment They are Punisht with nothing but the Spurrs for all Whipps even of Wyre Chambrieres or Bulls-Pisles are Toyes The Rod is more for Grace than Use but Reward or no Reward is nothing at all in Comparison of the Art of Riding For let an Ignorant Fellow which most are for any thing I can perceive Flatter his Horse and not Punish him or Punish him and not Flatter him or Punish and Flatter him yet I will not Flatter the Rider but will tell you He shall Spoil your Horse let him do what he will because he wants Art Opposition in Horses AGAINST the RIDER A Signe of STRENGTH and SPIRIT BE not Discouraged if your Horse do Oppose you for it shews Strength Spirit and Stomack and a Horse having all those cannot chuse but be made a Ready-Horse if he be under the Discipline of an Understanding Hand and Knowing Heels When a Horse doth not Rebel it shews Weakness and faintness of Spirit and no Courage and where Nature is so much Wanting it is Hard for Art to Supply it But truly I never knew any Horse in my Life but before he was perfectly Drest would Rebel and Extreamly too and a great while before he would go Freely but a little still against his will until he be perfectly Drest Certainly there is no Horse but will Strive at the first in the Dressing to have his own will rather than to Obey your will nor doth any Horse love Subjection nor any other Creature until there is no Remedy and then they Obey and the Custom of Obedience makes them Ready-Horses They will Strive all the Wayes possibly they can to be Free and not Subjected but when they see it will not be then they Yield and not before So they Deserve no Thanks for their Obedience No man in the World no not the Wisest if he were put in the Form of a Horse with his Supreme Understanding could possibly find out more subtle Wayes to Oppose a Man than a Horse will nay nor near so many I dare say Whence I conclude That the Horse must know you are his Master that is He must Fear you and then he will Love you for his own Sake Fear is the sure Hold for Fear doth All things in this World Love little and therefore let your Horse Fear you What makes a Horse go by ROTE or ROUTINE THat which makes a Horse go by Rote or Routine is absolutely his Eyes and therefore I would Advise you to have as few Marks as you can in the Mannage That is No Pillars but in the Out-side and there but one for My Way upon Ayres and that will not Fix his Sight so that then he will Attend the Hand and the Heel Nor too near the Walls for then his Eyes will Attend them Nor to make him go in One Place Alwayes for there his Eyes will make him go by Rote again but several places will make him Attend the Hand and the Heel And this way and no other will Cure him of going by Rote THAT A Horse of Three Years Old is too Young for the MANNAGE A Young Horse of Three Years Old is but a Gristle and easily Spoyl'd and besides his Understanding is not comn to him so that Wanting Understanding and being so Weak you must have Patience to stay Three Years more at the Least until he hath Both Stops and going Back will Strain his Back and Spoil him so that I would rather have a Horse of Six Seven or Eight Years old so he be Sound and not Vitious than a Horse of Three Years Old for I can force him and make him a Ready-Horse in three Months But some will say Boyes learn Best and so Coltes I Answer No For if men could be Beaten to it as Boyes are they would Learn much Better and Sooner but I can Force my Horses of those Years and having both Understanding and Strength they will and must of Necessity learn much Sooner and Better How a Man should SIT PERFECTLY ON HORSE-BACK BEfore he Mounts his Horse he must see every Thing in order about the Horse which is done in an Instant without Peering and Prying about every thing as they say Pour Faire l'entendu When he is in the Saddle for I suppose most Men know how to get Up he must Sit down in the Saddle upon his Twist and not on his Buttocks though most think Nature made those to Sit on but not on Horse-Back Being Plac'd upon his Twist in the middle of the Saddle advancing towards the Pommel of the Saddle as much as he can leaving a handful of Space between his Hinder-parts and the Cantle or l'Arson of the Saddle his Leggs being straight Down as if he were on Foot his Knees and Thighes turned inwards to the Saddle holding both of them Fast as if they were Glewed to the Saddle for a Horse-man hath nothing but those two with the Counterpoize of his Body to keep him on Horse-Back his Feet planted firmly upon the Stirrups his Heels a little Lower than his Toes that the end of his Toes may pass the Stirrups half an Inch or a little more and Stiff in the Hamms or Jarrets his Leggs not too far from the Horse's Sides nor too near that is not to Touch them which is of great Use for Helps that I will Shew you hereafter The Reins of the Bridle are to be in the Left-Hand his little Finger separating the Reins and grasping the rest in his Hand with his Thumb upon the Reins his Arm bent Close to his Body but not constrain'd his Bridle-Hand some three Fingers Above the Pommel and some two Fingers Before the Pommel that the Pommel may not hinder the Reins in their Working and just over the Neck of the Horse In the right-Right-Hand he must have a Whistling Rod not too Long like an Angle-Rod nor too Short like a Poinson but if either let it be for there are many Graceful Helps with a Short Rod that a Long Rod will