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4  H1E NATUJRALL HIST ORY
Dt2 r-r.  Cardanus writes thus; he had but one ftone
var. 1.  in the rightplace with fwelling teats, fuch as
'43q Mares have: And'befides a matrice, whereout
soJcc.  he put forth his member, that was not greater
        then 4 fingers. When the Greeks would ex-
        preffe a horfes neighing,they call itChremetizezn
t>'z;'- and Epihremitigezn,the Latine,Fremerebinnire.
        Thevoyceitfelf iscalled Mimigmos, &c. Of
 ¢4C''.z the change whereof Arij9. writes, they differ
        much in their oeighing.The Riefolds fend forth
        as foone as foled,a very fmall voyce;The males
        fornewhat fuller, and greater, which dayly in-
        creafes. A Horfe of two years old, when he
        begins to engender, neighs itrongly; and the
        Mare clearer,and fhriller then aforeand it con-
        tinues fo, for the moft part, till 20; after that
Of their age their neigh is feebler. There are that never
   inot ~     n ompnyaM
n flpa'e neigh in company; iralsdu calls them dumb:
Camd.   when they goe, or pace, they make a noyfe
i. 13. C 3. with their feet, Itriking the ground with their
   r"r. hoofs: whence the Latines call them Sonipe-
        des, Homer [-ypjecbees, or great noyfe- makers;
        becaufe they cannot fo well bend their hams,
        they are molt weary going up hill,and falling,
        they run headlong; going down hill, they can
        well endure their burden, becaufe they have
        foure thighs. Their nimbleneffe, both the
        EPithites give thcm, that we meet with in Au-
        thors, and examples teftifie, Homer calls them
WxVVO35. OWypodet, Elabhropodes, &c.  fleetfooted, and
i~a~ i07rdeerfooted. 0ppianus writes,that thofe ofIberia
        were fo fwift,that Eagles onely might be com-
        pared with them,or Hauks ofthe C'ircus,where
        they ran for maftery. Perfius his Pegafus is
        faid to be winged. Some write that the Sar-
        mata, could dif'patch with their long journeys
        of I 5 0 miles , without drawing bit, or baiting.
        In Arabia, ifwe credit Vertomannlus, they hold
        a more fleet pace day and night without reft-
        ing. In the Alanican war, Probus the Prince,
        (men report) tooke one that in one day would
        travell an i oo miles,and would hold out fo for
F or-t,  ten dayes together. But, it is queftioned, whe-
-.z. oli6 lber Mare, or Horfi are fjiifter. Homer gives the
        palm to the Pheretian Mares. Menelaus his
        ]fitha was exceeding fleet. Horace choofes to
        fay, that Horfes are fitter to draw then Mares.
        Pliniy faith, that Mares ftale as they run. The
        Mare of Crauxida, in the eight Olympiade,out-
        ran all the Race-horEes. Wree read that He-
        cratites the Theffalian his Mare, and fliee was
N. H.   great with fole ( Pliny calls her Echecratides)
l I.i C. 21. had the better of all the running- horfes in the
        Olympique Games. But Oppinan writes, that
        males are better for hunting; that Mares can-
        not fo well ridde way in woods, in long cour-
        fes.  What Cicero means by the Horfe called
ix 4f-  Xdmiffui, fee in Ala'rovandus; He grows reftive,
        lefning, or loofing his pace, if he ifand long
        idle in the ftable. Therefore when King Anti-
        ,gonu., with his Cavallery was befieged , and fo
        ftraitned , that he had no place to exercife his
        Horfe, he caufed them to be thruft up by the
        head, that their forefeet could not touch
        ground, and forced them to ftrike with their
        hind feet, which made them fweat ,as if they
had travelled. It is well knowne, that Wafps
breed in the marrow of a rotten Horfe.
  If you look upon their Nature, they are Their
very fociable, they fop their drink, and pluRnge ature.
their nofe deep in the water, which is a figue
of their boldnes: their minds are ever on rack
and manger, and can better endure thirlt
then hunger : Mares ftale often; and their
monthly clenfings: they dung more dry,then
wet tuffl becaufe they are kept at hard meat:
If you ride thetm hard, and tire them, they
fome: the caufe whereof Galen hath exaclly
declared; They dream on what they are wont- Aphor. _
ed: They fleep commonly ftanding; efpecially 2- 45.
geldings; who are more drowfy then others.
When they are angry, like dogs, they fiew
their tceth, and bite: They love to be ftrok't:
they eagerly love their folds. Hence it was
that Darius after his defeat efcaped on a Marc
out of the battle at Iffas, ihee haftning home
to her fole. And the T'artariaans, when they p.ml+.
goe into any land to feek for prey, or plunder, Vuwr\
where the Sunne flliies for a good part of1 ,9 C-4.
the year, they leave their folds on the borders;
fo that the Mares marking their night-journey
at their return, goe ftrait to their foles. The
Mares are feldomc, but fometimes mad; as
when they fee their Ihape by refle6tion in the
water, they are taken with a vain felflove, and
forget their meat, and pine to death; they are
brought to their wits againe,if you cut off their
maine, and bring them to water: then the me-
mory, of the former ugly {hape that they faw,
will be abolilied. iF/ianus writes that the 1Flia.H.
Lycofjladian Horfes did their befi, that they . 24. I6.
might feem comely to their Wagoners. Un- Thir
to their inward lenes, their witt, teachable- inlvard
nefe, memory, love, and fhithfulneffc towards
their matters, chaftity, and courage doe be-
long. It is alcribed to their witt, that they
know the enemies of their partye, fo that they
bite their enemies in Battle: that, having loft
their Riders that they loved, they pine them-
felvcs to death: that they thowe by their cares
what they heare, and that they know well a
skilfull Horsman. Alexander his BufephalUs,
would vouchfafc to fufir none at any time
to back him betide his Lord, and that with his
Kingly caparifons: and having received deepe
wounds in a Battle, he fell not before he had
fet his Lord fafe downe out of danger. Solinus
and Szetoniux tell us, that Cajus lulius (yajar, S Icton, ill
his Horfe would receive no man on his back cxlairce.
befides Caxfar. A certaine Pannonian Phyfition,
his Horfe being let loofe afore the dores,
would wait even a whole day, untill his mailer
returned from the fick; and when he came
againe, met him rejoycing; it is well knowne
by the exa ple of the Sybarites, that they may
be taught to daunce, who were come to that
hight of madnefie, that in their drinking-
feafts, they would teach there Horfes to
daunce to the Pijpe. Scaliger writes of a Horfe S' l"
that he fawe, that was little and mifliapen, 209.T. r
which a certain Juggeler carried about to
(howe, by whofe defire alfo he would fome-
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