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Author: Clifford, Christopher.
Title: The schoole of horsmanship VVherein is discouered vvhat skill and knowledge is required in a good horseman, practised by perfect experience. And also how to reforme anie restie horse, of what nature and disposition so euer. Briefely touching the knowledge of the breeder, sadler, smith, and the horseleach. With a strange and rare inuention how to make a new kinde of racke, and how to teach a horse to lie vpon his bellie vntill the rider take his backe. By Christ. Clifford, Gent.
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Print source: The schoole of horsmanship VVherein is discouered vvhat skill and knowledge is required in a good horseman, practised by perfect experience. And also how to reforme anie restie horse, of what nature and disposition so euer. Briefely touching the knowledge of the breeder, sadler, smith, and the horseleach. With a strange and rare inuention how to make a new kinde of racke, and how to teach a horse to lie vpon his bellie vntill the rider take his backe. By Christ. Clifford, Gent.
Clifford, Christopher.
Imprinted at London: [By T. East] for Thomas Cadman, and are to be solde at his shop in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the Bible, 1585.
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Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.
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TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull, Sir Philip Sidney, Knight.
To the Reader.
Sir Iohn Tracie Knight, in commendation of this Booke.
The contents of this Booke.
Cliffords experience and opinion of breeding of Coltes, and what Stalians and Mares are best to breed vp∣on, and also what ground is best to breed an horse in.
Of the Stalian.
How to weane your Colts.
At what age it is best to take vp a colt to ride him, & at what time of the yeere I may take vp my horse to haue him most gentle, and also to make him a good stable horse, and to eate his hard meate well.
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The first Chapter of this Booke, of the Schoole of Horsemanship, treateth how to backe a yong horse, at the first.
The second Chapter trea∣teth of the horses lessons, and at what time of the daie it is best to teach him.
Hovv to learne your horse to go backe. Chap. 3.
Hovve, and at what time you shal learne your horse to gallop the great ring. Chap. 4.
Hovve to teach an horse to turne readily on both handes. Chap. 5.
Of the Bit and Cauison.
Of Vices.
Hovv to remedie that horse that checketh and casteth vp his head.
Hovve to correct a Horse that will reare and fall backe vpon a man.
Hovve to correct that horse that will not go from the stable, or when he meets any other horses vpon the way wil sodainly stand stil, and not go from them, and also being in compa∣ny with other horses wil not de∣part the same.
Hovve to correct that horse which is hard of mouth, and will run awaie with his rider.
Hovv to remedie that Horse that will turne but on the one hand.
Hovve to remedie a horse that will lie downe in the water.
Hovv to correct the horse that will not carrie his head right.
Hovv to correct that horse that will not bring downe his mosell neither for bit nor musroll, and being tied in with the martingale will continuallie straine the same, and holde his nose fast on the musroll, and his mouth on the bit, and will not yeeld for anie of them.
For the horse that is verie tender of mouth.
For the horse that is some thing hard of mouth.
The third booke of the keepers Office. The first Chapter of the keepers Office.
Hovv to teach a horse to lie downe flat vpon his bellie, that he shal not rise till you bid him.
Of a horse that yarketh behinde in his gallopping.
VVhat vvater is best for an Horse to drinke.
Of the horses forrage and prouender.
Of making of your Stable.
At vvhat time of the daie is it best to water a horse, and also whe∣ther it be good to wash him or not.
Hovv, and at vvhat time it is best to let an horse bloud, and also by what signes you shal know when it is needefull.
At vvhat time it is best to purge with grasse or otherwise.
The fourth Booke.
The fift Booke. The first Chapter of Diseases.
Of the cough comming of cold.
Another for the same.
Of the drie cough.
Of the fretized, broken, and rotten lungs.
Of the great swelling that comes by meanes of the hurt of an euill saddle.
Another medicine for the same.
Of the Nauell gall.
Of the Farcion.
Of the scabbe or manginesse in a horse.
Of the griefe in the eies: and first of him that hath receiued a blowe.
Of the white filme, pearle, or web that may breed on the sight of a horses eie.
Of the canker in the eie.
Another for the same.
The Canker in the nose.
Of the Canker in the mouth.
Of hurt in the tongue that may come with the bit.
Of the Staggards.
Of the Yeallowes.
Of the foundred horse.
Of the bots or wormes in a horse.
Of the griefe in the legs of a horse: and first of the wrench in the shoulder.
Of the shoulder pight.
Of the spleeting in the shoulder, or renting the shoulder from the breast of the Horse.
Of the wrenching or splint in the two shoulders of a horse.
Of the wrench in the wyther ioint.
Of the Collicke.
Of the Curbe.
Of the wing-gall in the hinder iointes of a Horse.
Of the horse that is cloied, pricked, or wrong with a naile.
Of a pricke in the sole of the foote with a channell naile, rustie yron, stub, or sharpe stone.
Of the Horse that is grauelled.
Of the Surbate.
Of the rotten or matering frush.
Of the manginesse in the taile and mane.
Of the falling of the creast.
Of the vpper taint.
Of the paines, scratches, moulie heeles, or anie other scuruie scalles whatsoeuer, that may breede in a hor∣ses legges or heeles, whether they come by meanes of euil humors, or for lacke of good dressing, or cleane keeping, whether they be matterie and filthie run∣ning sores, or drie scabs, you shal cure them perfectly with this medicine.
Of the Fistula or anie hollow vlcer that may breede in anie part of your horses bodie, either by euil curing of a wound, or by bruise, stroke, or wringing with an e∣uil saddle vpon his wythers.
The sixt booke of the Smith.
Of paring and shooing.
How to pare the good foote.
How to make the shooe for the sound hoofe.
Of paring and shooing the hinder foote.
Of the splay or crooked foote.
How to pare and shooe the flat foote.
How to shoe a horse that ouer-reacheth.
For the horse that enterfeers.
For an horse that hath an eul hoofe.
For the horse that hath naturallie an euill hoofe, or hath bene foundred, by meanes whereof his hoofe is so marred that he is not able to carrie a shooe.
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