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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    Horfe is naturally adi&ed toknaaery ; Nowe when hce . hath leatntthefe toycs3you may then imploy them, and mixethern with anytncke whatfoeuer, and from thefc toyesyou may create twenty others as much or more fantafticall,which would askea great toylcto declare in writing, and yet in their teaching they haue but one Me¬ thod or manner of inftru&ion. Of making Nowto conclude, that you may make a horfe to pifle a Horfe piffe, when you would haue him (or at leaft to ftraine and or forbeare,& moue himfelfe thereunto) or to leaue piffmg when you pleafe,you fhall fortwodayes at the leaft, watch him, and keepe fuch diftance of times , that hee may neuer piffe,but when you vrge him, and to that end you fhall once in two or three houres leade your horfe vp and do wne vpon ftra w, fb foftly, that hee may as it w;ere but put one foote and ftand ftiil^then another and Hand ftill, * your felfe continually faying vneo him Piffc> Piff?<> and thus you fhall doe if it bee a whole day together, till hee doe piffe or ftraine himfelfe to pifle, and then you fhall reward him wich breade; and till hee doe piffe or ftraine himfelfe to piffe, you fhall neither moouehim in any o- therlcffon,norlet himtafte foode though it were fora weeke together, and by this meanes after hee vndcr- ftands your meaning, you fhall no ofener fay Piffe >but he either will piffe, or ftraine himfelfe to piffe, and then at your pleafure acquainting him with a contrary worde as No wore ox fuch like, which bceing fpoken in tbreatning fort,and accompanied with corre&ion, you fhall make him (lay his pifling, when,and as oft as you pleafe. As this motion of pifling, fo you may vfe him in his eating, drinking, or any other Naturail a<ftion,and though thefe appearevery vnnaturall, yea etien toHorfe-menthem- felues,