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        ftrong of head, and of a comely neck. They
        geld them, leaft being enraged by the fight
        of AMares, they be borne away, and take Ihead,
        or being high fed, they Iliould run a madding,
        and by often neighing, betray their owners.
        Pliny faith, that that people, when they are to
        take a long journey, prepare their Horfes by
        keeping them flort, and hungry, and let them
        not drinke much, and fo liall travell x yo miles
DLg1i.  without lighting. The Scenito are outgone by
Olitai  none in fwiftneffc.  In S wetbhland, and Goth-
VMg11!s land, they are great, and very ferviceable in
c. 6s.  Battell, when armed, and are forbidden, by
        royal command, to be exported. The Tartar
        are moflc white.  Venetus writes, that the great
Micho.  Cham keeps X M ; fo fleet they are, that they
1. c. c. 6. can ride 2 o German miles of ground in one
        day: low crefted, and with their feet they
        fearch for their food, and water under the
        fnowiand are fleeter then others,as the Mofchi
        fay.  Thofe of Theffalie have this brand on
AL)fyrt is. them, that they are Oxheaded. TheThrajtan
        Horfes are ug'y , milhlpen , rough-bodied,
        great-fhlouldered, faddle-backd, crooked-
        ihanked, and goe an uncertalin jogging pace.
        Yet Virgil prai!;s the Delphique ( uncertain,
        doubtfull) oracle. The Torinlgi, Vegetius coil-
        mends, fetting them next the 1I-nnnifci. Vola-
        teran muakes thofe of Sardinia, and Corficafles
        of thle Tyrrhene Sea, to be very low, but gene-
        rous, and refiles. And thus much of their
        kinds, in refpe&ft of places.
          Very many differences alfo meet us taken
        from their feverall fhaped parts, fome are fiild
        Elaphopodes, or lhartfooted,from their deers-
        feet, who havebones intheirlioughjoynt,that
        make them of a hobbling pace, that they tire
        their rider with their flufling, fo hard they fet.
C(yiioba- Some in thle fame parts have fiort, and low
tX.    lbonds, and their hoofs come to the inmoft
        part of their heels , fo that they trail, and drag
        their legs after them, and halt; thefc are dog-
        footed. Some are waglers. Abfyrtus calls them
 *tt,~- Eterts1<,leis; not having a right ftroak. Some
        toffe their heads up, ( or hold them like a Pig
        on a fpit, ) others are unl ke jaw'd, one jaw
  v><vw  hard, the other foft; from their accidents, or
-I in 'r. qualities, they are diflinguiflht (to let paffe the
;'g, Yt reft) from their colour. In which refped, they
        are fome fleabitten, fome ftreaked, foile pide,
        fome all of a colour, white, black, red, cheft-
        nut, &c.
Oppian.   The fpotted, efpecially with great coleblack
        fpots, and ringlets, whether on the thighs, or
        back, at length , or diftin6t on the neck, are
        counted the nobleft, and are thought the
        choyfer, becaufe nature feemes, in fo marking
        them , to keep a kind of order, whether in re-
        fpe: of numbers endures, or placed in thofe
        fpots, or fraitneffi: next to thefe are the red,
        and dark fpotted. To thefe may be refer'd the
Homcr. chequered, or dappb'd, the Ieckled, like Pan-
        thers ; the pide; the fleabitten; thofe like mag-
Tralbcati. pies, full of black and white fpots.  Thofe
Trariftra- whofe right, or left feet are both white, are
   *   efeemed bad.    Thofe that have each other
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foot white, worf of all. The reafon isbecaufe
the legs lay clapt together in the dames belly,
whence they became fo fpotted.  Thnofe that
are of one onec colour, Palladius advifes to
chooofe for Itallions. The nrhite Claudian The ~vall,
counts fleeteft, and are moftl magnified by cyccdifhe
Plato. Thofe alfo that are gray-eyed; for, fince
they all, either black, or goot-eyed, or grey-
eyed, the colour of the ey anfwers that of the
body. The Ulackii,~ are cried up, efpecially, if
they have a Itar in the forehead, and a white
ftreak, and fome white on one foot. The cole- Varro.
blacke, as it were fclhorcht in the fire, (Homer Cafluiu
calls them Aithoonar)Oppian commends them
for hunting the wild boar. There are fomeG 0'^
brightbloody, and palme colour'd, and bay,
and cheflnut.Becanus faids the azure,or blenifb
are fleet.  Liefychius, and Varinus mention
flame-colour' d. Some, (calls Heterophthalini)
have one ey greater, or lower then the other.
Lacuna miscalls them ,one-eyed.ThePartbians
liked the fearfull ones bell, perhaps, becaufe
good to run away upon. Some are called
£"ogeneis, or caglebreed, from a native fcarlet A1ioysvi;*
Crar-   tat1..  l.1l._  A I  r  __ _L:  1__
If1UL k311 Lilt: 1iiiLukur, as ibnyrtus thnlks; the
Sarrnatx hold them for good: but reje& thofe
that have an eagle marke about their hlips, or
tayl. Laltly, thofe tlat are called .lphorugrhoi, AApG-
are faid to hold out good, and not to decay fo ^
foon as others.
        CHAPTER                I r.
            Of the &IJ74'.
N        Far Ext the Horfe, I ltAll treat of the
        AfFe, a beaft contemptible indeed,
        but no lelk utefull. Certainly the vaiie
        report goes, that it is above beleefe,
almoft hoW gainfull they proove to their
owners: and it is fald for certain, that a Shee-
affe there was, that brought in more then any
the moft fruitfull farme: 'for it was knowle, as H. N.
  v~e V ~ DI ;....l  A-i,, , ir .  elsar  <5,  r   c 4-r
I  . ,_1 A - - -- - -  __...  -r__ _  r  iC -
UdaIl ye;LUCU fUoouuo pIMCL o1 mony, lo iruit-
full they were.  No wonder therefore that
QAxius the Senatour, gave 400 pieces for an
Afle;andthat:Heliogabalus diltributed Affes
for rich magnificent prefents, and donatives
to the people of Rome. The name the Affe Name.
hath obtained among the Romans (Afinux) is
not derived from A, and Sinof, as if he were
a fenfelefre beaft, as Bartholomnxus plays upon
the word; but fromn fitting, as one fhould fay,
a Waine, or Waggon; or rather from the He- A fedendo
brew word Afon, that fignifies an Affe.  The lidorus.
Greeks call him Onos, becaufe helpfull to usO¢ ,,.
in our works; unlefle it were better to fay,from >
thePaliflh, wan colour,wlhence alfo it is thought 7
that the fame name (Afellus) is put on the cod-
fiflh. The Cyrenenfs call him Brikos, from his
untowardneffe; Arif/ophanes , Boupalos, as a  .
man ffiould fay, blockifli as an ox. Nicander,
Broomaes, the brayer; and from his hideous pc61Mt;.
abfurd voyce, AMegamocos; EuDfatbhius and Sui-,-Y"
das, kintboon, from his packfadle; He7,yc. and y
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