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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06916	A discource of horsmanshippe Wherein the breeding and ryding of horses for seruice, in a breefe manner is more methodically sette downe then hath been heeretofore. With a more easie and direct course for the ignorant, to attaine to the same arte or knowledge. Also the manner to chuse, trayne, ryde and dyet, both hunting-horses, and running-horses: with all the secretes thereto belonging discouered. An arte neuer heeretofore written by any authour.	Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1593 (1593)	STC 17346; ESTC S107909	59,189	84

byt your Horse according to his proportion It shall be good that for a day or two you let him stand vpon his bit in the stable to play feele the kyrbe then after for other two or thrée dayes you shall in your hand trot him abroad making his Kyrbe somewhat straite and rayning him so as he may haue a good féeling both of the Bytte and Kyrbe After this you shall take his backe and beeing well seated and hauing pausd awhile take vp your Bytte raynes into your left hande and holde them in this manner Put your little finger and your ring-ring-finger betwéene the two raines and lay your thombe iust vpon the raines opposite to your fore-finger and great finger the brawne of your thombe being turned towarde your Saddle pomell then take the left rayne of your flying trenche lay it vnder your thomb carrying it somewhat more straiter then your bitte ray●e Then in your right hand in which you carry your rod carrie the right rayne of your flying trench In this manner pace forth your Horse bearing him most-what vppon your flying trenche for thrée or foure daies offering little or no labour vnlesse it be trotting forwarde or pacing and trotting the Rings and stopping all which you must put him vnto in gentle manner for feare of distempering his head And as you finde him frame himselfe to his Bytte so by little and little let him feele it euery day more then other till such time that you find he bo●● vnderstandeth the bytte and hath his head well staied thereon Then may you euery day exercise him in all the foresaide lessons with all those helpes and corrections ●efore mencioned till you haue him in that perfection that without anie other helpe saue the offer of your hand he will doo what you shall require Note that the true place where the Bytte should lye in the Horses mouth is aboue the tuske of his nether chappe as for any other quillet or stratageme in horsemanshippe which the curious are desirous to vnderstand I refer them to Maister Blundeuils booke which will instruct them sufficiently Nowe to come to those lessons which though they bee néedlesse in seruice yet showe they great arte in the Ryder together with much strength courage and nimblenesse in the Horse and those I tearme lessons of pleasure because they be more pleasing to the eye then necessary for any vse and first of all to make your Horse bounde aloft you shall thus instruct him Hauing him well staied vpon his Bitte that he is both certaine of head and mouth you shall trotte him forth into some euen sandie way and hauing trotted him a dozen yardes you shall stoppe him and vpon his first or second aduauncement giue him the euen stroke of your spurres at which if he will not bound strike him again the second time if that preuaile not then trotte him forwarde againe and doo as you did before continuing this manner of labour till hee leape with all his foure legges from the ground which so soone as he dooth immediatly make much of him and vpon his first bound let him be sette vp in the ●table that he may thereby be encouraged the next tyme and the better vnderstande what your will is Then haue him out the second day and doo as you did the first and increase his leapes as you sée him increase in vnderstanding till he be so perfect that vppon the offer of your spurre hee will ryse on all foure Note that if he rise not so hie with his hinder partes as with his fore-parts that then you accompany with the euen stroke of your spurres a good lash with your rodde vnder his belly and néere vnto his sheathe or yard Note that if in bounding he doo not keepe his ground but presseth forward and dooth not fall where he riseth that then so much as he presseth forward so much you make him retire back by beating him vpon his fore knees and then beeing in the former place make him bound againe Note that when your Horse will bound aloft lustily and well you shall make vse of it thus When you gallop your Horse before any assembly as soone as you haue made your stoppe and aduaunced if then for a close you make hym bound it will be very comely Also in your manage if you make your turne onely with boundes it will be very séemlie When you beate a large turne if for a close or ending you make your Horse bounde on all foure nothing can be more séemely and then to stande still thus much for bounding Now for the Coruett you shall doe it thus Ryde your Horse downe some desending grounde and hauing trotted two or thrée yardes stoppe him and make him aduaunce twice or thrice together then put him forwarde halfe so far as before and there make him aduaunce three or foure times together In this manner make him goe a steppe or two and aduaunce till of himselfe he will rayse his hinder parts and in stéede of going forwarde stande aduauncing both behind and before of an equall height When hee will doo this well then may you vpon his third aduauncement giue him the euen stroke of your spurres to make hym bounde aloft which manner of salte our English Ryders tearme the Gallop galiard Another manner of leape there is which we call the Capriole or Goates-leape it differeth nothing at all from the Coruett but that your Horse in it must presse more forward then in the Coruett and raise his hinder parts a great deale hyer Therefore you shall teach your Horse to doo it as you taught him the Coruett adding thereunto this one helpe more that is to turne your rodde in your hand so as the poynt thereof may be iust ouer the midst of your Horses buttocks then sette your hand fast to your side and alwaies vpon his aduaunce as you put him forwarde with your legge so hit him vppon the buttocks with your rodde which will force him to raise his hinder parts obseruing to kéepe that time with your rodde that you keepe with your hande and legge And thus for the making of a Horse for seruice or pleasure I haue shewed both my practise and experience CHAP. 3. Howe to chuse a Horse for Hunting howe to trayne hym there-vnto and also howe to dyet him hauing made some great match or wager AS hetherto I haue shewed my experience in the training and bringing to perfection great Horses méete either for seruice in y e warres or the pleasures of great Princes so heere I will declare since not any els hath vndertaken the like Treatise my knowledge in the dyeting and ordering of those Horses which we tearme Hunting Horses because the pleasure wee enioy by thē is in the following of Houndes an arte euery way equall with the former and as necessary in some kind of seruices in the warre especially vpon desperate exploytes to be doone suddainly or vpon occurrents or discoueries or any other kind of