therefore it is truely saide that euery man and beast worketh according to the qualitie of his nature following the drist of nature that is the temperature in their working so as the more pure and excellent the temperature of the Elementes are which consisteth in the true harmony mixture or proportion of the foure first qualities hot cold dry moist in any creature the nearer is the same creature to his sitst creation and the more effectuall in operation to euerie action Fourthly it may bee answered that horses doe not câ—Ì„tinue in the perfectioÌ„ of their first creation because in all generation of begetting there is a proceeding vitall spirit before the seede which effecteth conception according to the strength and qualitie whereof the creature begotten is in perfection of strength and qualitie as for example if an olde horse an olde Mare doe beget and bring forth a Colt you will confesse there is a decay on both parts of that vital spirit in old yeres which cannot effect equality of strength power which naturally youth I meane the midle age wherein perfection consisteth preserueth bestoweth if there be not a meanes of defect as sicknesse natural coldnes inordinate vse such like which in old age is also much more vnperfect wherby oftentimes wee see not onely the decay of beasts but of the withering of the noble progeny of man and therefore no meruaile if the horses of this age be so vnperfect when man is defectiue vnperfect in the true natural causes of generation by suffering vnperfect creatures to beget and bring forth how can there be perfection in the creature begotten and then they being vnperfect doe they not also afterwards beget vnperect For it is an infallible truth fortes creantur fortibus bouis est in inuencis est in equis patrum virtus nec imbecillam fercces progeneran aquilae columbam the strong are begotten of the strong and the vertue of the Syer of the Oxe and the Cowe is in the young bullocke and in horse neither doe lustie Eagles beget young Doues such as is sowen such will be mowen E squilla non nascâ—tur resa of a bramble there groweth no rose discendit inclin tiâ— prâ—â—â—candi quod procreatum est the good of the begetter is the good of the begotten Cicero saith truely nâ—carboris necequi virtus in opinione sita est sedin natura Neither is the goodnesse of the horse placed in opinion but in nature and therefore Secrates execrari eum solâ—bat qui primo vtilitatem a natura seiunxisset was accustomed to curse him that seperated vertue from nature whereunto Celsus concurring saith quae rerum natura prohibet nulla lege confirmare possunt where nature refisteth no strength preuaileth Fiftly and lastly if it be obiected that the indurance of a horse in specie or kinde may be a limited indurance of the perticuler therefore a perpetuall preseruation of the species or kinde thorough the facultie of procreation to propagate his kinde that though euerie horse must of naturall necessitie dye yet might hee leaue another of his owne kinde behinde him as good as himselfe and so a continuall succession of goodnesse I thus answere that if they graunt a corruption in the particuler as of necessitie they must it must likewise bee granted in the species for the species being a thing existent only in imagination not hauing any reall beeing but as we conceiue of it in the particulars it is a necessarie illation from the corruption of all the particulers to conclude the like of the generall for as Nutrition is to the particuler so is generation to the species wherfore as by the nourishment the horse taketh restitution of his naturall moisture there is not supplyed so pure humiditie as was loste the particulers decaying by little and little are at last cleane consumed so by procreation the maintenance of the species the puritie of the humors being by degrees by time diminished at length there followeth euen of necessitie an absolute corruption now the decaie comming by the particulars whose function this generation is being by continuall mixture of outward nourishment corrupted the seede the matter and meanes of propagation cannot but be tainted with like corruption and this is the reason why horses are neither of continuance or goodnes as in former time for if the naturall vigor of the species be by little and little continually weakened there must of necessitie followe a perfect corruption but the most of vs like men at the stop where manye pathes meete insteede of choosing the right way by iudgement of reason doe stand stil amased and in that amazement conclude that all comes to one as who would say that South and North leade both to one place but if we applyed our wits as aduisedly to iudge between truth and falshood as euery man in his trade doth iudge betweene profit and losse we should forth with by principles bred within our selues and by conclusions following vpon the same discern true knowledge from error and the way ordeyned from deceitfull inuentions of our common practise wherefore to conclude with the cause of causes I doe resolue that the want of the true knowledge of breeding is the only cause of the multitude of Iades because no maÌ„ hath hetherto either written or practised the true naturall meanes of good breeding that all nations doe erre herein the only number of Iades in all nations are my witnesses and I would gladly learne from any how the contrarie may be defended CHAP. 20 How to know a horse that is bold by nature FIrst of his boldnesse It hath bene saide that truely that euerie creature worketh according to his nature and that his works doe manifest his nature and therfore he that hath had long tryall of his horse cannot bee ignorant of his nature so as the goodnesse of nature is considered in his quality the qualitie of his nature in his works and yet a horse that is fearefull by nature may by compulsary meanes after long vse make little or no shew of fear although he be fearefull by nature as beeing in a ship vppon the Sea where are Trumpets Guns and such like not hauing meanes to auoid the same by vse continuance thereof seemeth not fearefull for as man beeing an vnderstanding creature by often compulsarie abuses may be made tame to be abused so a creature void of reason and vnderstanding may seeme to abide and indure that which nature abhorreth Now to the matter propounded consider that there are natural signes which without will or desire to signifie any thing doe make some other things besides theÌ„selues to be known by them as the smoak doth signifie there is fyer it is wel known by the perceiuing of things prooued that there is fier withall although there dooth nothing appeare but smoke only like as a foot-step is the signe of a beast to haue bene there likewise by the fore-head countenance and cie of man nature
all his actions hee followeth the motions of the temperature of the body so as both nature reason and practise doe approoue both horses and all other creatures of good composition and temperature to bee in their middle age moste strong and perfect and fullest of vigor spirit and courage and therefore the onelie fit time to beget and bring foorth and thereby the contrarie reason the time both before and after vnfit and moste vnperfect Nam natura cum ad summam peruenerit descendit idq non aequo gressu ascensus enim lentior descensus praeceps Nature is long before it come to perfection but when it is come to the highest it suddenly decayeth wherfore for a full more plaine demonstration of truth and of the errors of all ages obserue If two Colts viz. horse mare vnder fiue yeres of age not hauing obtained perfection of strength neither refyned nature frō the excessiue moisture of youth being but few yeres since they were created that of their seede a Colt should be formed being a matter endowed with excessiue moisture their seed cannot possibly be of a perfect temperature neither is or can bee perfect for generation because all perfect seede for procreation must be hot dry for that otherwise it neither will or can incite to copulation with perfectiō of generation wherof also must be plenty the same throughly concocted for that the seed of the mare beeing in comparison with the horse is much more colder and moister therefore the Horse must haue a great quantity of seed both hot and dry equally to temper the coldenes and moisture of the seede of the Mare from which equallity of temperature the goodnes of the colte begotten proceedeth for euery qualitie in reason must be abated by his contrarie and then their seede being equally temperate and seasoned without excesse of predominate qualitie it alwaies formeth the best in his kinde and the stature of the Colte conformable to the quantitie of the temperate seede and menstruall blood which it had at the time when it was framed add shaped and according to the qualitie of temperature al creatures take cary the conditions and properties of their Sires at the time of their framing and not at their bringing foorth Againe if a colte should be begotten of a seede cold and moist it wil be great softe of flesh great limmed goutye ioynted thick boned heauy and dull according to the natutall operation and qualitie of colde and moistnes which conioyneth all in a lumpe without good proportion Againe if the olde Horse and olde Mare should beget and bring foorth after ten yeares of age wanting the power and efficacie of their naturall heat vigor and spirit then will the colte be formed of a seed ouer colde and ouer dry hauing outrun two parts of their age whereof if a colte be begotten for want of heat to make an equalitie of temperature by reason of the coldenes and drynes that is predominate the colte wil be soone ripe soone rotten of small strength short liued little spirit or courage with continuance faint hearted and euill shaped for that it wanteth heate and good moisture I meane a moisture of oylie substance the two principall elements for preseruation of life and good spirit Againe if an old horse and a young Mare should beget and bring foorth then would the Colt be framed of a seede from the Mare cold and moiste which is Flegmaticke without any taste as water of a seede from the horse cold and drie which is sower and heauie for as Galen saith the Fleame being a cold waterish humor is of no force for ornament of good conditions Lastly if an olde Mare and a young horse should beget and bring forth then would the Colt be framed of a seed of the horse little hot but ouer moist and of a seede of the mare cold and ouer dry wherein cannot be any perfection of equal temperature so as it appeareth an approoued consequent in Reason that the middle age of the horse hauing a seede hot drie and the mare a seede cold and moist with great plenty of fulnesse on both parts in the greatest perfection of heate and natural strength of body doe make equality of temperature compound themselues in such high degree of perfection that they bring forth a Colt full of vitall spirit great courage boldnes and pride thin and dry bones great sinewes and Arteries of great strength louing of long continuance of such beautifull and perfect shape thorough the naturall qualitie of heate purifying the whole body from all manner of drosse in such resined manner as though nature had assembled all her forces for the preseruation of her selfe and expulsion of her enemies for such is the nature of good or bad seede when it receiueth any well or il rooted quality euermore to communicate to the discendents accordingly CHAP. 34. Of the Elements of generation NOw I thinke fit to speake of the proper Elements of generation that is to saye of the engendering seede and menstruall blood from whence euery colte taketh his first being of shape and heerein I obserue a difference betwixt nature and seede for that which is truly called seede is like the seede of Rise when it is sodden which though wettish yet thick for otherwise it cannot effect procreation for the heat hath tried it and made it fit to incorporate it selfe with the waterish seede of the Mare and that which is and may be termed nature is thin and not thicke as seed is so as all seede may be termed nature but all nature cannot properly be termed seed and vnderstand that these proper beginnings depend vppon the qualities of the first beginnings before rehearsed that is to saye of moist dry hot and cold without which they could doe nothing nor yet be any thing of themselues Againe obserue that the matter and qualitie wherof euery colte is compounded is so subiect to corruption that at the instant when and where it beginneth to be shaped it beginneth likewise to be vntwined so as if nature had not prouided the naturall faculites of attraction retention concoction and expulsion for the preseruation and increase of matter for continual supplie the creation thereof beeing finished and not any parte of that substance remayning whereof it was first composed as in truth there dooth not then had the same presently perished and because nature is truly saide to be the temperature of these qualities of heat colde moistnes and drynes and that the same temperature is the schoolemaister which teacheth the sensitiue soules of the creatures in what sort they are to worke and to performe the workes proper to their kinde without any teacher it is now most fit to consider and to set foorth from whence the goodnes or badnes of this temperature dooth proceede wherein the perfection of creation consisteth so as all imperfection and hinderance to originall nature beeing remooued the same may be restored to
the streightnesse for the receiuing of breath is not in the lower end of the nosthrill but in the caues and streight passages high towards the fore-head wherein if by any humors the same are straighted or hindred therein is the receiuing or deliuerie of the winde hindred or by obstruction or opilation of the lungs not otherwise and then slitting is ridiculous 18. That he ought to haue a great mouth I answere that it is parte of a good shape 19. That his head should be like a sheepes head I answer that sheepes heads beeing as other beasts are of diuers shapes it cannot be directly answered for if I should conceiue the shape thereof contrary to the writers meaning I should wrong them therefore leaue it to be described heereafter according to my owne knowledge therein but if you take it according to the proportion of the most sheep it is good 20. That his Mane should be thin and long and yet not disliking thicknesse and that the thinnesse betokeneth aptnes to be taught so the thicknes strength I answere it is no part of shape but an ornament to the shape as to the thinnes to betoken aptnes or thicknes strength is of as great force in reason as the thick or thin beard of a man giueth neither aptnes of wit or increase of strength but rather a token of a dry or of a moist constitution 21. That his withers and walleyes should be sharpe pointed right and streight so as a man may see from thence the departure of his shoulders I answere it is perfect good shape and yet he may be a Iade 22. That his back would be short eeuen plain I answere it is very good shape but no assurāce of goodnes 23. That his sides should bee long and large vvith small space betvvixt the hinder Ribbe and the Huckle-bone I ansvvere it is very good shape but no assurance of his goodnes 24. That his belly should be long and great orderly hidden vnder his ribs I answere it is verie good shape and yet no assurance of goodnes 25 That his flanke should be ful and not gaunt with naturall friezled haire on both sides and the higher such haires mowt the better I answere the fulnesse of his flanke is comely in shape the friesled haires are no part of shape neither of any importance other then satisfaction to some mens delights althogh some men of place and speciall note haue greatly commended it vnto me but I could not conceaue any reason from other then a liking of a receiued tradition neither of any moment by obseruation 26. That his Rump should be round plaine with large space betwixt the huckle bones I answere it is verie comely and good shape but no good horse 27. That his thighes should be large and long with bones wel fashioned full of flesh I answere if it bee proportionable to naturall shape it is good to the fulnes of flesh according to his goodnes of keeping 28. That his hams shold be leane dry and streight I answere it is verie good yet no assurāce of goodnes 29. That his hooues should be large croked like a Hart should be a signe of swiftnes I answer the largenes of his hooue ought to be proportionable and it is good but that the crookednes betokeneth svviftnes is meerely a conceite for although some Horses that are crooked be swift some also that are straight are swift therfore it giueth no certain assurance therof 30. That his taile should be ful of haires long downe to the ground or as some write that his taile should be thin and crispe I answere that they are toyes and conceits without reason neither any parte of shape but onely an ornament to shape 31. That his truncheon should be of measurable bignes wel cowched I answere that the bignes is nothing but the comlines of cowching and cariage is commendable 32. That his stones and yard should be small I answer I hold it fit to be proportionable to the body otherwise not materiall 33. That he should be proportioned like a Stag lower before then behinde I answere if he be lower before it is absolutely naught if in the only seat of the saddle lowe forward high reared thogh he be somwhat reared behinde it is good and the comparison in the generall naught CHAP. 13. The naturall good quallities of Horses in their primary creation GEntle Reader it hath bene briefly shewed aswel what the ancient and late writers haue obserued and published for the knowledge of good horses namely from the Countries Ayer Ground complexion colour marke and shape whereby appeareth that man is a subiect wonderfully diuers and wauering vppon whome it seemeth verye difficult to settle an assured iudgement I say a iudgement vniuersall and entire by reason of the great contrarietie and disagreement of their iudgement which doe so many times contradict one th' other in so strange a manner that it seemeth vnpossible they should all come foorth of one and the same shop wee alter and wee feele it not we escape as it were from our selues and we rob our selues Ipsi nobis furto subducimur we goe after the inclination of our will Anima legit ratio and as the winde of occasion carrieth vs not according to reason At nihil potest esse aequabile quod non a certa ratione proficiscatur Our spirits also our humors are changed with the chāge of time our proceedings are very heady and peremptorie for we haue no patience to consult with reason but determine meerly vpon fancie he that is hot in the pursuite of what he liketh none sooner weary herein alone he is good for a common wealth making more busines then time it selfe and in a word any thing rather then himselfe therefore I affirme that it is impossible without full knowledge of the originall cause of their goodnes wherein I dare affirme the best that haue written reymaned ignorant certainlye to expresse assuredly to manyfest the naturall goodnes of Horses without proofe and tryall For how is it possible to clense a riuer or spring that is corrupt from corruption that beginneth not at the head from whence the water commeth if the originall fountaine cannot be found dooth not the same of necessitie still remaine corrupt therefore Summa est dementia in corum fidem sperare quorum perfidia comperta est It is meere madnesse to repose trust in infidelitie Sed vbi cognoscitur vnde morbus sit natus ibi facilius potest inueniri remedium but when the knowledge of true causes are certainely knowne vnderstood there is great hope of good effects of true iudgement If then it shall appeare in this my tractate that all former writers of this subiect haue bene ignorant of the originall causes of the goodnes of Horses maruaile not that huius erroris tantique mali causa sie obrepsit inforum the great decay of good Horses the
together in nature beginning to be and finishing their being in one and the same moment First therefore you see that if he be not bold although he be louing sure going easie going durable and free yet they all are nothing to assure the rider from danger Likewise if he be not louing vppon many occasions and times vnexpected he may often spoile his maister keeper or rider also if he be not sure in going what imminent danger is euermore to be expected in all dangerous places the experience too often approued Also if he go not easie how can man be free from bruises and sorenes in all parts of his bodie so as he shall not be able to make vse of himselfe for preseruation of himselfe Also if he be not durable and of strength and force to continue his trauell or the action vndertaken being fit and reasonable for a Horse to performe how can he satisfie mans vse the end of his creation Sixtly and lastly if he be not free and of good courage euermore of himselfe forward free and of good mettle without compulsion or stripes what vexation or losse yea many times of life by a crauing dull Iade who wil not acknowledge But when all these good quallities are inseperably conioyned in Nature as they are in euery perfect Horse what can the heart of man more desire if vnderstanding guyde his affection to declare vnto him what is to be desired with what facility of arte and practise will such horses be broken and brought to perfection what assurance of their voluntarie and durable seruice in all perfection how delightfull to the owners how profitable to their purses how ioyfull and comfortable to all that vse them how seruiceable and honourable to King and Countrie what soule liueth that will not acknowledge And because there is not any other or more excellent qualities to bee desired in horses for the vse of man then the perfection of those sixe qualities it consequently followeth that all horses in their first and primarie creation were absolutely endowed with them in all perfection for the increase preseruation and continuance whereof I purposely composed this labour all which I doubt not will be hereafter performed by all breeders of horses if they shall obserue make practise of those rules and precepts that are herein set foorth so plaine and euident as will giue full contentment to all that shall desire the knowledge thereof First therfore intending institution of a good thing I thinke moste fit to obserue Cicero his rule and to begin with true diffinition Difinition of nature and leauing diuersities of opinions I define Nature thus nature is not the thing it selfe but the proper and peculiar strength of the thing naturally giuen vnto the Creature in the creation at the time of the framing not at the birth where it receiueth that quallity which it hath not only of being and working but also of begetting c. and as it is a strength bred and grafted in the creature at his framing it therefore commeth not by chance or accidentally neither is it mutable but naturall peculiar and vnchangeable but because Nature may bee two waies vnderstood viz a particuler a generall I will first shew that diuersitie The particuler nature is that which in euerie single substāce ministreth essence to the whole compound with all is mother to such action motion as is agreeable to the subiect wherin it is as the nature of fire causeth fyers ascention the nature of earth the earthes going downward The vniuersall nature is the author and maintainer of all actions and bodies to which the seuerall single bodies are in subiectiō by their obedience acknowledging a kinde of superioritie in that vniuersall nature therefore it is said quod vniuersalis natura falli out errare non potest quia contingenter agit in indiuidius sed indiuidua sunt remotu abarte so there are sundry diuersities of natures as the things be sundrie wherof they be which beeing moste wisely and many waies deuided by the creator cannot bee knit vp to one selfe same thing Againe and as the learned haue obserued nature is of that excellency quod nihil habet vitij Nature hath no defect because God is the author thereof and his prouidence hath so prouided that euerie nature by working doth declare of what qualitie it is so that his workes are moste assured testimonies what his nature is and therefore verie fit to put difference betwixt the things that be wrought naturally that be wrought accidentally for all naturall things are done often continually and those which be done accidentally be not so The sun giueth light to the world because it is his nature but when it dazeleth weake eies it is not naturall but accidentall and also those things that bee naturally done be not done with euil will or by motion of others but easily and voluntarily so whatsoeuer is naturall is accustomable perpetuall voluntarie and ready and as it is created made with the creature it is reason that it should beare the nature of his beginning and that which is of a Horse to bee the nature of a Horse and of no other Creature For if a man should call a naughtie Natured Horse the nature of a Dogge wee may not thereupon gather that a horse and a Dogge bee both of one Nature for as each creature is such is the nature thereof and so it worketh according to that Nature whereby it is euident and with truth not to bee opposed that nature is nothing else but the temperature of heat coldnes moisture drynes the which is a schoole-maister to direct the sence of the horse which hee hath from his braine to cause the natural body to worke wherein if heate be predominate then dooth the sence direct the body to worke according to the qualitie of heate which is with freenesse vigor spirit courage and so and not otherwise is it truely said that euery creature worketh according to his nature and as of heat so doth it worke accordingly in each temperature and thereby wee may certainely determine the horses disposition habit naturall power lacke of power affection and such like as hereafter shall most plainely be demonstrated which the Logicians doe consider in qualitie and so seeke the nature of his qualitie in his works so that of what qualitie his work is of such quality we may truly say his nature is for he is such in the qualitie of his nature as he is tried found to be after this maner euery simple mā may learne to know the nature of euerie horse but my purpose is to teach you most assuredly to know his quality without any worke or tryall onely vpon the view as hereafter wil appeare the which naturall qualities are not gotten by teaching or instructing by customes or Arte but naturally and so to euerie man an assurance of what qualitie his nature is for nature proceedeth so farre in euerie
deepe chest and body with vpright pasternes and narrowe hoofe to giue testimony of his great strength and abilitie of body to indure and continue long great trauel And euery vntrue vnperfect shaped horse hauing in euerye part the contrary shape viz. A narrow fore-head litle eyes fleshy head thick fleshy Iawes short neck set on like a Hog or Goate a narrow shallow brest body weak bending pasterns fleshye broad club-footed is a moste vile royle and a Iade in all and euerie his actions so as all the Artistes and moste excellent horsemen in the vniuersall world can neuer endowe him with the least perfection of action continuāce therin wherby you may as truely infalliblie iudge the difference betwixt good bad as the difference betwixt fire water as also the perfection imper fectiō of the cōposition temperature of his elemēts in the time of his creation for whē you see a horse or colt that is naturaly lean dry wil hardly be made fat continne fat yet digesteth speedily of a slener substance of bodye short hayred and the same hard and full of stirring it is plaine that he was composed of the predominate humor of red choler and that the blood wherof the seede was made was of a darke and thicke spirit and had much of the Gall for if the blood had bene perfect it would haue bene hot and moist of an oilie substance for want of which radical moisture he doth too speedily disgest neuer fat of slender substance his hayre short dry and hard for want of that moisture to passe thorough the pores of the skin to make the same soft of length and substance and that hayre if it bee eaten will neuer bee digested by reason of his drynes when as his bones being eaten will be digested besides he cannot be long liued wanting sufficient radicall humors to feede his great heat for the lack whereof hee is like to a lamp that hath a great flame little oyle therfore speedily consuming the Oyle it extinguisheth his owne light and this horse is tearmed cholericke and his shape must of necessitie bee defectiue in substance because largenes and great proportion of shape proceedeth principally from moisture so as wanting substance and fulnes of proportion as I haue formerlye saide he cannot be of continuance but quickly spent like vnto small dry wood which speedily flameth and therefore is speedily consumed soone hot soone colde a great bragger but no performer a fiery looke and countenance in whome at the first entring into action there is no temperance seeming rather to flye then to be content to stand quiet and yet the trauell of a few myles through his violent heate and drynesse speedily spendeth his vital spirit so that his hart which is the chariot of his life and the fountaine of those vitall spirits and the hottest of all other his spirituall members for want of sufficient radical oyled moisture to coole the same is so smothered and choaked that of necessitie it yeeldeth Againe when you see a horse that is long large loose and weake ioynted hollowe eyed not well compacted although by hye and proud keeping he may make shew of spirit and vigor yet not withstanding assuer your selfe that he is cōpounded of the element of Water which is altogether flegmaticke which in predominate qualitie is heauie moiste and colde and therefore a lubber and a Iade beeing weake and loose in all the parts of his body by reason he wanteth the chiefe element of Fyer which is hot dry to exhaust and drie vp his predominate quality of moisture to purge and refine the moisture to become full of vigor spirit and courage to the performance of his actions Also when you see a horse that hath a great fleshy head thick boned and fleshie iawes a great fleshy vpright ioynt a great thicke short necke and a full proportioned body whereby hee seemeth a puissant strong horse assure your selfe the chiefe and predominate Element in his composition was of the earth which is melancholly or black choler which in qualitie is colde and drie and of the element of Water which is heauy and moist so as by the moisture of water which is fleame it groweth great so by the cold nes and drynes of the earth which is melancholly hee is framed a great heauie lumpe or masse without true proportion of shape and his actions in qualitie are heauie sad and fearefull and vnapt for action other then as a great topp which neuer goeth well but by strong lashing neither can he bee of other qualitie then according to the qualitie of the Elements wherof he is composed wanting the two most excellent elements which are Fyer and Ayre that is heate and oylie moisture to raise his spirit to the liuely and couragious performance of his actions so as after hee hath come to bee ten yeares olde hee will exceede in stumbling and falling flat downe neither can bee of long life wanting a iust and true proportion of temperature of the foure elements neither can the best keeping in the world or the moste skilfull horseman of the world bring him to performe any action contrarie to his nature according whereunto euerie creature worketh the which nature is no other then the temperature of the Elements when hee was composed and framed in the wombe according whereunto his shape was framed which beeing naturall will bee perpetuall and vnchangeable in him vnto his death And therefore there is not any truth can bee more apparant then that a iust and true proportion of the temperature of the Elements maketh a Horse of perfect shape and excellent qualitie and hauing largely shewed you his vertues I speake not for them if your sight cannot commaund affection let them loose it they shall please much better after you haue troubled your eyes with the view of the iades deformities and then how much more they please so much more odious and like themselues shall the Iades deformities appeare for this true light contraries giue each to the other that in the midst of their enmitie the one maketh the other seeme more good or euill Now it resteth to consider how possible it can bee that a Colte can be compounded of a true proportion of temperature if you suffer Horse and Mare goe to grasse when they beget and were all learning and reason banished from this my assertion the onely infinite number of iades being a thousand to one of good Horses would condemne the generall practise of all Nations and their errors heerein not to be defended But if you obserue the naturall quality of euery Element if the instinct of originall nature be not annihilated you will reforme your iudgement and consequently your practise in breeding for the nature of the Element of fire whereunto the humour of perfect blood is likened dooth seuer the pure from the vnpure rust and drosse from the Iron the copper and vnperfect mettel from