Cavalarice. Or the English horseman: contayning all the art of horsemanship, asmuch as is necessary for any man to vnderstand, whether hee be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith, or sadler. Together, with the discouery of the subtil trade or mystery of hors-coursers, and an explanation of the excellency of a horses vnderstanding / [Gervase Markham].

  • Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
Date:
[1616]-1617
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Credit: Cavalarice. Or the English horseman: contayning all the art of horsemanship, asmuch as is necessary for any man to vnderstand, whether hee be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith, or sadler. Together, with the discouery of the subtil trade or mystery of hors-coursers, and an explanation of the excellency of a horses vnderstanding / [Gervase Markham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    54- l7 he third TjOd^. diately laid vpon them two or three cloathcs, fome of canua{e3fomcofwollenjandfomeoffacke*cloath, with¬ out either confideration or reafon, almoft thinking that a Horfe cannot bee in good keeping 3 if hee be not as it werealmoft ouer-burdned withcloathes ; fome of the bcft profeflors ofthis Art (in the worlds repute) not be¬ ing able to giue a found reafon why a horfe iscloathed at all,much lefle why they doc weare fo many cloathcs, except it be this,thatfucha/0^,fuch af7m7>,or filch a Lorric did fo doe,and therfore wee: Which is no good reafon except Horfes were all of one temper; and in¬ deed the truth is, that if a Hunting horfe were of that a- bility, that he were able to indure without cloathing, it werenotamifTetokeepehimasthinneasmay bee : but inafmuch as neither their bodyesanorfuch extreamc la¬ bours can indure nakednes31 holdeit moftmeete,that they bee doathed ; yet would 1 haue them towcareno more then fufficient, nor as if they were oldc, ficke or difeafed,to weare furrd coatcs inhartiefh Now to knowe whenyour Horfe hathcloathesfufli- cient, or when hee is too light clad, you fhall keepe well this note and obferuation : When you firft take your horfe into the Stable, you fhall cloath him with a good Angle cloath cfftrongCanuas, made long and of good xompafTe,fo chat it may foldc double about his hart3and come and tye before his breft hanfbmly : then you fhall marke how his haire lyes , efpecially vpon his necke, which at that time of the yeare muft of neceflity lye plain and fmooth : then after more fharpe weather begins to come in, if then youperceiue bis Iraireto begin to rife or ftare,then you may beaffured hefeeles inward colde, and it is neceffary that his doathing bee increafed, fo