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hand_n	finger_n	right_a	thumb_n	5,966	5	13.7675	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18998	The schoole of horsmanship VVherein is discouered vvhat skill and knowledge is required in a good horseman, practised by perfect experience. And also how to reforme anie restie horse, of what nature and disposition so euer. Briefely touching the knowledge of the breeder, sadler, smith, and the horseleach. With a strange and rare inuention how to make a new kinde of racke, and how to teach a horse to lie vpon his bellie vntill the rider take his backe. By Christ. Clifford, Gent.	Clifford, Christopher.	1585 (1585)	STC 5415; ESTC S105109	130,605	210

that it is good to beare a temperate hand both vpon my bit and cauison and also how much I should force him with the raines thereof but there yet remaines two things that I had almost forgotten and the first is the due place of the bit the other is how and in what order I shall take the raines of my bit and cauison both in one hand at once and also how I shall hold my hands vpon the raines of my bit when I ride without a cauison what you meane by drawing the raines of my bit softlie and letting it goe againe Clifford To thy first demaund I answere that the due place of the bit is that it hang halfe a ●ingers breadth higher then the tuskes of your horse and to some horses it is not amisse to hang it an inch higher then the tuskes or fanges of his mouth but the generall rule that thou shalt obserue héerein is that thou neuer let it hang so a side that it touch the fore named tuske for if it doe touch his tuske it shall cause him to checke vppon the bit and hurt his mouth so as it shall bleede And as touching thy second demaund thou shalt first take both the raines of thy cauison in thy left hand so close vnder the neather part or roote of your thumbe as you may holde him fast with your little finger and thumbe then shall you take the end of your bridle raines in your right hand betwixt your bodie and your bridle hand then shal you put your ring finger betwixt the raines of your bit without letting your little finger goe which you must holde fast vppon your cauison raines and the neathermost part of your thumbe also Then shall you cloase your thrée fingers so close as you can and hauing turned your bridle raines with your right hande ouer the middle ioynt of the fore finger of your left hande you shall holde your thumbe close vppon the Bridle raines so as you giue them no libertie to slippe through your hande hauing thus taken your bridle raines of a iust length and place the raines of your cauison aboue or ouer them I meane déeper in your fist then the raines of your bit for that you holde the raines of your Cauison in your full fist and the raines of your Bit but in the middle of thrée of your fingers Then shall you let the end of your bridle raines fall out of your right hande take hold of the right raine of your cauison and the end of the left also in your right hand then if your left raine bée too long you may draw it shorter by holding your right hande fast and slaking your left hand a little to let the raines of your cauison passe til you haue drawen it of such length as you may holde him therewith in such order as hath bene before taught Kingdon You teach mée héere how I should holde my right hande fast vpon the raines of my cauison and howe I shall slacke my left hand till I haue let the raines passe through so farre as they come to their iust length which iust length is when I may beare my horse altogether vppon the cauison and yet holde the raines of my bit so short that if I let slippe the lefte raine of my cauison but one inch I must staie my horse altogether vppon the bit but it resteth howe I shall drawe the raines of my cauison shorter at my pleasure without loosing my right hand or letting the raines of my bridle goe Clifford If thou bée not more sencelesse then a beast or more negligent then a Newter that will take neither parte till such time as hée sées which of them will profit him most I haue taught thée sufficientlie But because thou shalt knowe that I had rather loose my life then take in hand anie matter of importaunce and not bée able to ende or bring the same to perfection though not for thy sake who hath negligentlie lefte mining with thy penne whiles the golden vaine of my experience was most ripe and readie by riding into Sommerset shéere to make good chéere when in déede thou mightest haue béene tenne times better occupied in writing of this woorke which I haue begonne with the same purpose of minde that hath made mée patientlie to ●eare all these troubles and miseries as thou maiest read in the tenth part of my life which shall héereafter followe God willing which minde and purpose in mée was is and I trust in Gods grace shall continue so long as the breath is in my bodie onelie to profit my Countrie the true professours of Gods truth and aduauncement of his holie lawe But thou shalt nowe knowe that God whome I haue alwaies serued according to the grace which I haue receiued of him without the which I am not able to thinke one good thought of my selfe hath sent mée helpe where I least looked for it that is to saie by the meanes of that godlie man maister Anthonie Mooreland and by that good and learned man Ioseph Hynxman the one of them béeing Parson of Tortworth the other Butler to Maister Throckmorton which is a verie lowe preferment for a Batcheler of Art in my iudgement who besides his learning is also verie patient in taking paines Also little Anthonie Bowser I cannot héere forget sithence hée hath stoode so manie daies with mée vpon the cold stones in Maister Throckmortons Stable at Tortworth to drawe out the first draught or coppie of this my worke for the which mée thinkes hee deserues praise But to our purpose thou must drawe the raine of thy cauison through thy lefte hande without letting the raines of thy bit goe by letting all thy foure fingers goe loose and by holding thy bridle raines with the ende of thy thumbe and middle of the fore finger and then pulling thy right hand awaie from thy lefte hande that is to saie of greater distaunce in such sorte as thou séest a showmaker draw his thréede with his right hande when he holdes the left hand vppon the sh●e which thou maiest imitate by holding thy lefte hand fast in his due place without mouing it either when thou drawest thy raines shorter or let them goe longer Kingdon Which call you the due place of the Bridle hand Clifford The due place of thy bridle hande is ri●●● ouer thy horses crest and so high aboue the saddle ●● thou maiest holde thy elbowe almost as farre backe as the huckle bone and holde it close against thy side without letting thy hand rest or staie vppon the saddle bowe If thy Horse bee readie that hée can raine well and carrie his head steadie this is the best waie but if it be a young or olde horse that wil cast vp his head then I haue taught thée before that thou shalt carrie thy hande close vppon thy horse his crest Kingdon Yet there resteth one thing that I would request at your hands and that is how I shoulde holde the raines

of my bit in my hande when I ride without a cauison and also howe I shall vnderstand what you meane by drawing my hande softlie and letting it goe againe Clifford As touching thy first demaund thou shalt holde thy raines in all pointes as thou doest when thou ridest with thy cauison sauing that thou must put thy little finger and ring finger betwixt the raines and then holde the ende thereof in thy right hande with thy rodde so as thou mayest draw them shorter or let them longer as hath béen before taught And as touching thy second demaund when thou wouldest stoppe thy horse whether vppon pass trot galloppe or c●riere I would haue thée drawe thy hand softlie till thou hast brought it so hard or straight as thou maiest stoppe thy Horse and euen in the same instant that he is so stopped as thou wouldest haue him and beginnes to aduance or yéeldes to the bit by going back or other wise thou shalt presentlie let thy hand flacke a little and take so much againe as shall be requisite yea I would aduise thée to haue so great a care not to plucke thy hand sodainely nor to drawe it too straight nor carrie it too hard in trauailing or otherwise exercising thy horse as thou wouldest haue to thine owne féete when thou passest on a narrow foote bridge which lieth ouer a déepe ditch or hollowe gulfe in rainie and foule weather Kingdon Séeing that you now giue me occasion to demaunde you a question of the rod I desire you to shew me whether it is better to carrie the point thereof forward right ouer my horses creast and eares or to turne the point thereof backward towards my right shoulder Clifford It is much better to carrie thy rod with the point forward ouer thy horses creast than with the point vpward toward thy right shoulder for when thou carriest the point forward thou holdest thy rod in thy ful fist readie to strike thy horse withall and when thou carriest it with the point vpward towards thy right shoulder thou hast no more but thy forefinger ouer it by meanes whereof thou canst not so readily helpe thy horse vppon his left shoulder to the end that he shoulde do well nor correct him when he doth offend Kingdon I can verie well both help and correct my horse vpon the right and left shoulder when I haue no cauison or false raines but when I haue a cauison or false raines then can I correct my horse vppon his left shoulder as before but on his right shoulder I can doe no more but helpe him vnlesse I will let the right raine of my cauison fall out of my right hand Clifford But thou maiest correct him aswell not onelie vpon his right shoulder but also vpon his right side or buttock without letting the right raine of thy cauison goe if thou wilt but 〈◊〉 the point of thy rod downeward Of Vices Kingdon SIthence you haue heretofore taught mée howe to make a horse of good disposition readie I woulde also haue you to teach me howe to reforme those horses that are euill giuen to anie vice and first of the horse that ducketh downe his head Clifford I neuer found anie horse hauing that vice but that I could reforme him by striking him vpō the left shoulder with the rod not failing to answere him at euerie time at the same instant that hée doth offend till hée leaue his fault thou maiest also correct him with the bit by chocking him therewith in the mouth and by giuing him the spurre but these two last corrections are not halfe so good as the first for that if he be tender of mouth by chocking him with the bit thou shalt make him learn that vile vice of checking or casting vp his head if he be hard of mouth and light of spurre thou shalt vtterly marre his mouth and force him to runne awaie Note that in reforming all vicious horses thou must haue a speciall care to search and to finde out the nature and disposition of euerie of them which when thou hast found thou must vse that temperaunce that a wise captaine should in gouerning his souldiors which consisteth not in forcing them to doe his wil but with skill and order in making thē do as much therof as is possible for them to be brought vnto without disorder or discontentment Kingdon It séemeth me your comparison is verie grosse to compare the gouernement or 〈…〉 rance that shoulde be vsed vnto men to horses Clifford In respect of the beast I graunt but if thou well consider what the reason of man is and howe farre the vnderstanding of the brute beast is inferiour vnto him thou shalt easily perceiue that it is more requisite for him that shall take vpon him to teach a horse to be far more patient and temperate for him than that gouerneth men for that man doth far surpasse the beast in vnderstanding what is taught him But in the rider it is requisite he haue patience and can well dissemble which if he haue and can vse in his due time and place he shall hardly euer find anie horse of good disposition but hée shall make him continue the same or anie so euil but that he shall easily reforme them in short space Hovv to remedie that horse that checketh and casteth vp his head Kingdon YOu haue giuen me good instructions alreadie but yet by the waie I pray you shew me howe to reforme that fault in a horse that checketh or casteth vp his head with the bit when you offer to do any thing with him vpon the same Clifford First giue him a plaine canon without plaiers or water chaine in the mouth then buckle it fast with two porchmouthes to the two rings of your cauison that done take a strappe of leather with a buckle vppon the same put it through the foresaide two rings then buckle it and therewith straine the cauison something close to the horse his head then take away the curbe from the canon for the strap and porchmouths is sufficient to serue your turne as well as the curbe and be farre more better in respect of the fault I haue manie times ridden with the same a runawaie or hard mouthed horse and more easily haue gouerned him therewith than with the curbe and also haue diuers times trotted young horses that haue béene tender or delicate of mouth in the same order which if I had first giuen them the curbe they woulde haue taken the vice of checking or casting vp the head but by obseruing this order and after by giuing them a curbe of double leather haue preuented the aforesaid vice Kingdon But if my cauison be long it will holde the head of the bit so farre backeward that the chéekes thereof cannot be brought to their due place which will be verie troublesome and vnséemely and the raines of the bit being strained the cauison wil be readie to fall down ouer the horses nose Clifford If thou be so ignorant