An hipponomie or the vineyard of horsemanship deuided into three bookes. 1. The theorick part, intreating of the inward knowledge of the man.2. The first practicke part, shewing how to worke according to that knowledge. 3. The second practicke part, declaring how to apply both hunting and running horses to the true grounds of this art. In which is plainly laid open the art of breeding, riding, training and dieting of the said horses. Wherein also many errors in this art, heretofore published, are manifestly detected. By Michaell Baret ...

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An hipponomie or the vineyard of horsemanship deuided into three bookes. 1. The theorick part, intreating of the inward knowledge of the man.2. The first practicke part, shewing how to worke according to that knowledge. 3. The second practicke part, declaring how to apply both hunting and running horses to the true grounds of this art. In which is plainly laid open the art of breeding, riding, training and dieting of the said horses. Wherein also many errors in this art, heretofore published, are manifestly detected. By Michaell Baret ...

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Baret, Michael.

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London :: Printed by George Eld,

1618.

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Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.

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"An hipponomie or the vineyard of horsemanship deuided into three bookes. 1. The theorick part, intreating of the inward knowledge of the man.2. The first practicke part, shewing how to worke according to that knowledge. 3. The second practicke part, declaring how to apply both hunting and running horses to the true grounds of this art. In which is plainly laid open the art of breeding, riding, training and dieting of the said horses. Wherein also many errors in this art, heretofore published, are manifestly detected. By Michaell Baret ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04062.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE MOST HIGH, WORTHY, AND RENOVNED KING, IAMES, BY the Grace of God, of Great BRITAINE, FRANCE and IRELAND, King; De∣fender of the true, ancient, Catho∣licke and Apostolicke Faith, &c.
• TO THE MOST HIGH, AND ILLVS∣TRIOVS PRINCE, CHARLES PRINCE OF WALES, &c.
• THE PREFACE TO THE READER.
• To the Readers.
  • Errors of the first Booke.
  • Errors of the second Booke.
  • Errors of the third Booke.
• THE FIRST BOOKE OF the Ʋineyard of Horsemanship: Being the Theoricke part thereof, intreating of the inward knowledge of the man.
  • CHAP. 1. The Originall Cause of Arts in generall.
  • CHAP. 2. The Commendation of the Art of Horsemanship.
  • CHAP. 3. A Corolary of the Art of Pacing.
  • CHAP. 4. The Description of a true and well going Horse.
  • CHAP. 5. The conecting of this Art to man.
  • CHAP. 6. Of the Office and duty of the Horseman.
  • CHAP. 7. How a Horseman should gouerne himselfe and his Horse.
  • CHAP. 8. How the Horseman may subdue his will.
  • CHAP. 9. How a man may ouercome his Passions.
  • CHAP. 10. That a Horseman should not be feirce or angry.
  • CHAP. 11. A Horseman should be louing and gentle.
  • CHAP. 12. That a Horseman should haue at apt and able body.
  • CHAP. 13. That a Horseman should haue a true seat, and comely carriage of his Body.
  • CHAP. 14. The Horseman must haue true vse both of hand and Foot.
  • CHAP. 15. That a Horseman should know how to helpe his Horse.
  • CHAP. 16. How the Man should know where to help his horse.
  • CHAP. 17. How the Man should know when to helpe his Horse.
  • CHAP. 18. How the Man should know the disposition of the Horse.
  • CHAP. 19. Of the Dulnesse in the horse.
  • CHAP. 20. Of the free Horse.
  • CHAP. 21. Of Corrections.
  • CHAP. 22. The manner of correcting by the voyce.
  • CHAP. 23. The correction of the stirrop.
  • CHAP. 24. The correction of the calfe of the legge.
  • CHAP. 25. The correction of the Switch.
  • CHAP. 26. Of correcting with the Spurre.
  • CHAP. 27. The correction of the Bridle.
  • CHAP. 28. Of Correcting vpon seuerall grounds.
  • CHAP. 29. That the Man must learne to know how to correct.
  • CHAP. 30. The Man must know where to correct.
  • CHAP. 31. That the Man must know when to correct.
  • CHAP. 32. Of the foure chiefe obseruations for the disposition of the Horse.
  • CHAP. 33. Of the appetite or desire of the Horse.
  • CHAP. 34. Of the free passage of the Winde.
  • CHAP. 35. Of the carriage of the Body.
  • CHAP. 36. Of the true order of the head, and easie command of the mouth.
  • CHAP. 37. How to know the disposition of the Horse by his shape.
  • CHAP. 38. The necessity of Proportion.
  • CHAP. 39. The Conclusion.
• THE TABLE OF THE first Booke.
• title page
• TO THE RIGHT REVE∣REND FATHER IN GOD, THOMAS Lord Bishop of Peterborough, long life, with increase of Honour, and life euerlasting.
• TO THE RIGHT HO∣NOƲRABLE GEORGE, MARQVIS BVCKINGHAM, Viscount VILLEIRS, Baron of Whaddon, Iustice in Eyre of all his Maiesties Forests, Parkes and Chases beyond TRENT; Mr. of his Maiesties Horse, and one of the Gentlemen of his Maiesties Bed-Chamber, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, and one of his Majesties most Honourable Priuy Counsell of ENGLAND, and SCOTLAND.
• TO THE GENTLEMEN AND MY COVNTRY∣men of NOTTINGHAM and LINCOLNE-SHIRE: M. B. wisheth encrease of knowledge, and eternall Tranquilitie.
• THE SECOND BOOKE of the Ʋineyard of Horsemanship; Setting forth the Practicke Part. Wherein is shewne how to worke according to the true vnderstanding of his Theoricke Knowledge.
  • CHAP. 1. How long Horses haue beene in vse.
  • CHAP. 3. How to choose your Stallions and Mares.
  • CHAP. 4. Of the courage of the Stallions and Mares.
  • CHAP. 5. Of the colour of the Stallions and Mares.
  • CHAP. 6. At what yeares Horses and Mares are aptest for generation.
  • CHAP. 7. How the Stallion and Mare should be kept with foode for the increase of good seede.
  • CHAP. 8. When to put your Horse and Mare together for generation.
  • CHAP. 9. How and where to put your Horse and Mare together for generation.
  • CHAP. 10. How to know whether the Mare hath conceiued or no.
  • CHAP. 11. How to vse her after her conception till she Foale.
  • CHAP. 12. When and how to waine your Colts.
  • CHAP. 13. A Corollary to the Art of breeding.
  • CHAP. 14. Of the first haltring a young Colt.
  • CHAP. 15. Of the excellent vse of the Chase halter.
  • CHAP. 16. Of the first Brideling and Sadling a young Colt.
  • CHAP. 17. How to prepare a young Colt to let you take his backe without violence.
  • CHAP. 18. How to Backe your Colt at the first.
  • CHAP. 19. Of backing a young Colt after other Horses.
  • CHAP. 20. Of the commendations of the Head-straine, with the vses.
  • CHAP. 21. How to make your Colt take his way, without re∣sistance.
  • CHAP. 22. How to make your Colt rest vpon the trench.
  • CHAP. 23. How to learne him to stop.
  • CHAP. 24. How to bring his head to its true place.
  • CHAP. 25. How to teach your Colt to turne.
  • CHAP. 26. Of causing your Colt to retire backe.
  • CHAP. 27. The vse of obedience.
  • CHAP. 28. How to bring your Horse to a perfect and true Trot.
  • CHAP. 29. How to make your Colt trot side-wayes.
  • CHAP. 30. Of Ambling or Pacing.
  • CHAP. 31. Of the abuse of heauy shoes, pasternes of lead, wispes, and shoes of aduantage.
  • CHAP. 32. Of the abuse of waights and deepe earths.
  • CHAP. 33. Of the abuse of the hand.
  • CHAP. 34. Obseruations for the bringing your Colt to his Pace by the Hand.
  • CHAP. 35. How to bring your Colt to his pace, by the hand onely.
  • CHAP. 36. How to bring an imperfect mouthed Horse to his Pace.
  • CHAP. 37. How to reforme a naturall hard-going horse.
  • CHAP. 38. Of Restiffenesse.
• THE TABLE OF THE second BOOKE.
• title page
• TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE, VERTVOVS, AND WORTHY, SIR FRANCIS FAYEN, Knight of the BATH, and his Honourable Brother Sr. GEORGE FAYEN Knight: M. B. prayeth for increase of Honor, and euerlasting felicity.
• TO THE READER.
• THE THIRD BOOKE of the Vineyard of Horsemanship, wherein is showne how to apply both Hun∣ting and Running Horses to the true ground.
  • CHAP. 1. How to chuse a Hunting Horse.
  • CHAP. 2. The Authors Apology.
  • CHAP. 3. The order of a good Stable.
  • CHAP. 4. Of the Trayning a young Colt vp to Hunting and Coursing.
  • CHAP. 5. How to bring a Colt to a true Rake.
  • CHAP. 6. Of Galloping.
  • CHAP. 7. What Pace is best for these sort of Horses.
  • CHAP. 8. Of what Age a Colt should bee, before hee bee put to sore labour.
  • CHAP. 9. The first ordering of a Hunting Horse.
  • CHAP. 10. Of dressing and inseaming your Horse.
  • CHAP. 11. Of the exercise in Hunting.
  • CHAP. 12. Of the manner of food and time of feeding.
  • CHAP. 13. Of Scowrings, and their vses.
  • CHAP. 14. Of Making a Match for Hunting.
  • CHAP. 15. How to order your Horse for a Hunting Match.
  • CHAP. 16. Obseruations in running.
  • CHAP. 17. How to make a horse lye downe at your pleasure.
  • CHAP. 18. How to exercise and traine a Running Horse.
  • CHAP. 19. Of Matching a Running Horse and clearing the doubts.
  • CHAP. 20. How to cloath a running Horse.
  • CHAP. 21. Of Ayring.
  • CHAP. 22. Of his Watering.
  • CHAP. 23. Of the food of a Running Horse.
  • CHAP. 24. How to vse a Horse after hee is matched, in his breathing courses.
  • CHAP. 25. How to iudge of the state of a Horses body.
  • CHAP. 26. Of the necessity and vse of Sweating.
  • CHAP. 27. The applying of Scowrings to a running Horse.
  • CHAP. 28. Generall Rules to be noted before you runne.
  • CHAP. 29. The Epilogue.
• The Table of the Third Booke.
• CVRES FOR THE DIS∣eases in Horses.
  • CHAP. 1. How the true knowledge of Curing diseases is intricate.
  • CHAP. 2. A most excellent receipt for any Inward sicknesse whatsoeuer.
  • CHAP. 3. A Suppossitary for any inward Sicknesse.
  • CHAP. 4. A Glister to cure any inward Sicknesse.
  • CHAP. 5. For the Yellowes.
  • CHAP. 6. An excellent Pill for the Yellowes.
  • CAHP. 7. For the Staggers.
  • CHAP. 8. For any extreame cold whatsoeuer, or of what nature soeuer.
  • CHAP. 9. For the Lax or Fluxe of Body, by any meanes.
  • CHAP. 10. For a Horse that is Hyde-boundr in great pouerty.
  • CHAP. 11. An excellent receipt for the pissing of blood.
  • CHAP. 12. A most excellent receipt for the Stone, or for a Horse that cannot pisse but drop by drop.
  • CHAP. 13. For the Wormes or Botts in Horses.
  • CHAP. 14. An excellent Purgation or Scowring for any Horse that is ei∣ther Sicke, Surfetted, or hath his grease molten.
  • CHAP. 15. An approued medicine for the Dropsie or Feltrick in Horses.
  • CHAP. 16. Of outward Sorances: and first o the strengthening of the Sinewes whether they be hurt by straine, stroke, or wound.
  • CHAP. 17. A most excellent Pouder to cure any Fistula either in the Pole, the withers, or any other part of the horses Body.
  • CHAP. 18. For the Farcy.
  • CHAP. 19. For a Horse that hath a Stinking breath.
  • CHAP. 20. A most excellent Plaister to cure any wound, gald backe, or other hurt whatsoeuer.
  • CHAP. 21. For Sinewes that are cut or seuered.
  • CHAP. 22. For a Mallander or Sellander.
  • CHAP 2. An excellent Powder for any sore eye.
  • CHAP. 24. An excellent Water for all manner of sore eyes.
  • CHAP. 25. For any Bone, Spauen, Splent, Curbe, Ring-bone, or any other bony excression.
  • CHAP. 26. For pinching with the Sadle on the Withers, or other part of the backe, the nauell gall, and such like.
  • CHAP. 27. For the Scabbe, Scurfe or Mangy.
  • CHAP. 28. For any hurt in the Fetlocke whether it come by casting in the halter, or otherwise.
  • CHAP. 29. For the Mules, kib'd heels, Scratches, paines, or other such noysome Sorance.
  • CHAP. 30. For any hurt or sore vpon the Croet of the Hoofe.
  • CHAP. 31. For any Straine or griefe in the shoulder, or any other ioynt or member.
  • CHAP. 32. For all manner of sweld legs whether they be putryfied or otherwise.
  • CHAP. 33 For Cloying, Pricking, or any other hurt in the quicke of the Horses foote.
  • CHAP. 34. An excellent Bath for any griese inward or outward that a Horse hath, whether apparant or hid.
  • CHAP. 35. For a horse that refuseth his meate through the extremity of Cold.
  • CHAP. 36. For a Horse that is foundred.
  • CHAP. 37. An approued medicine for the Canker.
  • CHAP. 38. The Authors Farewell.
• A TABLE OF ALL THE Cures for Diseases in Horses, contained in this Booke.