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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07721	The perfection of horse-manship, drawne from nature; arte, and practise. By Nicholas Morgan of Crolane, in the countye of Kent, Gent	[Morgan, Nicholas, of Crolane].	1609 (1609)	STC 18105; ESTC S110036	189,920	367

dooth signifie the knowledge of the minde which Cicero calleth ianuam mentis the dore of the minde others doe say that the eye is the image of the countenance quasilumine scintillans In facie legit●r homo vim speculi habēs adeo vt intuentibus referat totum huminis fere speciē is as a sparkling light hath power of beholding so as to the beholder it doth almost declare the whole quality of mā wherby apeareth that nature hath made ordained probable coniectures of the vnsensible parts as appeareth in the 1. K. Ca. 3. when the compassion of the naturall mother was mooued by which commotion of nature the king gaue true iudgement and therefore it is truely saide ex his quae extrinsecus adparent cōijoiuntur ea quae non adparent from those outward appearing thinges those things which doe not appeare are coniectured from whence also may be truly collected that vultus est animi index the countenance sheweth what the minde is O quam difficile est crimē non prodere vultu how hard is it a fault by face not to bewray in facit prudentis lucet sapientia in the face of a wiseman wisdome shineth Pro. 17. Cor hominis mutat faciem siue in bonosiue in malo the heart of a man changeth his countenance whether it be in good or euil An euill eye the windowe of death Eccl. 13.26 So as the eye and countenance of man being the messenger of the minde the window of the heart the inward secrets of man are disclosed If then the minde and secrets of the hart of man may bee and are knowne by outward signes hauing wisdome to conceale how shall or may a creature not endowed with reason and vnderstanding Impudicus oculus impudici cordis est nuncius Chry. auoid the discouerie of the secrets of his owne nature Moreouer that the countenance is a discouerie of the inward minde appeareth in the 4. of Gen. When Caine was wroth his countenance feldowne wherupon the Lord saide Why art thou wroth and why is thy countenance caste downe And Salomon 27. prou 18. saith Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prosp●cientum siccorda hominum manifesta sunt prudētibus as the faces of those which look into waters shine vnto them so the hearts of men are manifested to the wise and no doubt the obseruation of the countenance of the Horse The outward Phisiognomie doth not falsifie and betray that good promise that Nature hath plāted in the frōt doth more certainly discouer his inward quallitie as an Image of his affection but if man would knowe the secrets of mans heart he must leaue it to the creator for solus Deus est scrutator cordis Onely God is the searcher of mans heart and the knowledge of mā touching m● is but cōiectura qualitatis for as he which beholdeth his face in the water doth not discerne it exactly but rather a shadow then a face euen so he that by external Physiognomy and operations wil deuine what lyeth hid in the heart of man may conceiue an Image of that affection that dooth raign in the mind of man rather then a resolute knowledge But the Physiognomy of a horse is much more certain for he can not keep secret or conceale as man can There is nothing that hath a truer resemblance then the conformitie and relatiō of the body to the spirit but being in perfect health remaineth euer one the same in countenance Therfore to conclude and to make the truth hereof appeare chuse a horse with a broad forehead a great black full eie standing out like an hares eye and a high reared forepart and bee assured that by nature he is bolde and to giue you a further assurance marke a Horse with a narrow forehead little eies a low fore part which is meere contrary and assure your selfe that by nature he is starting and fearefull and to seale vp the truth heerein the triall wil confirme you So as the obseruation of his naturall shape in that part telleth you that the same is so sure as when you see smoak there hath bin a fyer CHAP. 21. How to know a horse that is louing by nature THat euerie good horse is by nature louing to man To confirme this proposition I thinke the examples before remembred are sufficient besides euery man his dayly experience that Iades are naturally mischeuous dangerous to man wherof I will giue some examples as Fulko the fift king of Ierusalem after he had raigned eleuen yeares was by a mischeuous Iade strooken in the hinder part of the head whereof he presently dyed Bellat the King of the Pauuonians Phillip sonne of Lodowick Crassus Seleucus Calinisius and many others by euill natured horses were slaine It is truely said an Ape will be an Ape the Leopard wil not change his spots nor the Moore his skin that is perpetual which nature bringeth forth I haue tolde you that the countenance is a representatiue of conditions amongst which this is one when you see a horse with a plaine smoothe eye so as the more you beholde his eyes and countenance in beauty and seemely proportion the more hee seemeth as Plato saith the obiect of your loue whereby you doe not onely grow in loue of him but conceiue that he hath as it were prepared a cherful countenance to entertaine your loue which naturally created with him cannot otherwise appeare But if he bee beetell browed that is great liddes or lumpes of flesh couering little eyes that are inward in his head Lac●rt is like a Newight vvhereof in Italy are many and hollow aboue or looking as the Lacert which euerie way it looketh leareth awry and neuer direct vppon you you may assure your selfe his naturall desire euer trauaileth to effect mischiefe in all his actions for distortū v●ltū sequitur distortio morum A deformed countenance hath deformed conditions being by the God of nature extraordinarilie marked for a discouerie of their hatefull affections But the conttarie which is a great smoothe ful blacke eye without hollownesse either aboue or within or lumpes of flesh ouer-hanging his eyes with a sweete smile inherent in nature and expressed in countenance you may assure your selfe of his good temperature manifesting it selfe in his ioyfull and merry countenance so as hee seemeth naturally to fawne on you to gaine your loue if your intemperance hinder not his naturall affection the truth of things are neuer better manifested then by obseruation of the contrarie CHAP. 22. How to knowe a horse that is sure going THat euery good horse is by Nature Plura simul collat a ●●uant que singula non prosunt sure going I must intreat you to remember that my 6. rules for the knowledge of a good Horse are relatiues and so lincked each in the other as you cannot throghly apprehend the one without the other so inseperable are they as the one cannot be approoued

may well fill otherwise the shooe will neuer sitte fast and steddy and the circle of the peircing more distant frō the edge of the toe then from the edge of the quarter because euerie Smith knoweth there is more hold to bee taken with lesse danger in respect of the tuel quick of the foote and all the nailes would be vntoled without shoulders which will so sinke and strongly fill the hole as the shooe wil sit most strong then driue the nailes eeuen leauing as little clime as may be possible by cutting the hoofe a little with the point of a knife let the clinch be cleane hid the which shooing would alwaies bee done eight or ten daies before you trauell your horse for by that time the hoofe will be growne to the nailes to holde the shooe fast And for helping of enterfeting you must keepe him full of flesh and alwaies preserue the Coffins on the inside of the hoofes without paring away more then to make them eeuen for the shoes and abate the outside of the coffin of the same foot besides make the spunges of the shooes of the inside of the shooes much more thicker then the outside Now hauing giuen a perfect direction for shooing of hooues fit for vse and trauell I purpose not to spend time in directing how to shooe vnperfect hooues namelie broad flat fleshy pomish and club hooues and such like all which if they be natural are onely incident to Iades not fit for the vse of man wherein if I might preuaile none of them should be suffered to beget or bring foorth colts because it is vnpossible for art● to make perfect with continuance what nature hath made and brought foorth vnperfect It now resteth to shew how to tame colts before they come to the ryder for it is not a proper attribute to a famous and skilfull ryder to be a tamer of coltes no more then a great learned phisitian to be both Apothecary and phisition CHAP. 49. Of taming of coltes ALthough I haue formerly shewed that the yearely wintering of coltes in the stable will make them most tame and domesticall as also bring many other benefits both to the owner and to the colts vntil they come to be ridden which would not be before fiue yeres of age if you would haue strong sound and durable coltes which all men desire and although they are more then halfe tamed thereby yet many things remaine vndone which must onely be directed by knowledge and practise Now when the Colt is made gentle to suffer saddle and crupper to be set on his backe shooes on his feet and also led to water and walked in the hand in all gentlenes then take another gentle Horse and saddle him and the Colte also and ride vppon the olde Horse leading the Colte in a halter let the saddle of the Colte be crosse girded because the same is a sure way to keepe the saddle in his due place and the rider from casting for if you doe not crosse gird the saddle when the Horse is emptie the saddle and girthes wil be loose and if any striuing should be with the Horse when he is full if the girthes be not crosse by striuing to try his strength the thrusting out of the wind of his belly will make either girth or strapp to breake whereby if he should haue aduantage he will euer after vpon like occasion make like aduenture which may turne to the spoyle of Horse and man and beside the girding of a Horse ouer the belly when he is full may breede paine or cholicke in his guts and other such like infirmities Thus done ride foorth a mile or two leading the Colte in your hand and so come home againe in all gentle and louing manner but neuer goe out and come home one way certaine neither vsually alight at one place for feare of any euill habit to settle in him through custome wherein if you finde him without resistance to follow and to leade sometime alight from your Horse when you are abroad and giue the colte a peece of bread grasse or such like and stand stil with him making much of him then mount vpon the olde horse againe and after you haue ridden halfe a mile or such like alight giue him the like reward still vsing him in all loue when you come home againe reward the colt as be fore and then haue him into the Stable letting him stand an houre or two without meat and then come to him and reward him and giue him some good prouender by which vsage the Colt will loue you and desire your company and when you haue seuerall times thus vsed him giue him to eat such meat as I haue prescribed in the title of cures to cause him to followe you wheresoeuer you goe although hee be loose And oftentimes when you are in the stable with him cause some drum gunne musicke or such like to come into the stable and to play or shoote or some extraordinarie noise or feare at which time do you stand by him comfort and cherish him so much as you may whereby he may bee assured of your comfort and loue And if you find that after 8. or 10. daies vsage he becommeth verie conformable vnto you ride him still abroad with another horse laying a cloake-bagge or some heauie burden in the saddle and so let him cary it seuerall daies vntill you see him as gentle as an olde Horse but take heede you doe not distemper or vexe him in anye thing till hee knowe good from euill but euer feede him and reward him to gaine his loue neither let him weare any bytt or snaffle but onely a Halter thus dooing you shall bee sure to haue him obedeient vnto you in all things without resistance or hurt to himselfe then commit him to a discreet and temperate rider that hath knowledge and practise answerable to his profession and he will attaine perfection with great excellencie and pleasure and preserue his bodie in health from surfeits and all his limmes from strayne or hurt which is a most speciall meanes to haue your Horse most louing and tractable to man and of long health life and continuance to your great contentment and beware of Horse coursers taming if you loue your Horse vnlesse they be of great and approoued temperance the mother of all vertue CHAP. 50. Of ryding BEfore I enter into the vnfolding of the parts of this arte I thinke fit first to shew the naturall instinct and temperature that ought to be in euery perfect ryder the onely motiue true disposer of his desire namely the reiecting feare of perrill and force of paine the true properties of his fortitude to guide his noble nature thorough hard and difficult things to the attaining of the end of his iust desire because the perfection of euery worke consisteth in this that it be done by a staide and constant reason for thereby shall he vndertake without rashnes and performe without