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duty_n	master_n	obedience_n	servant_n	2,872	5	7.2086	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34843	The gentleman's recreation in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation : with an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same.	Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673-1721.; Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692. Hunter, a discourse in horsemanship.	1686 (1686)	Wing C6705; ESTC R33687	308,510	564

convey it into some common receptacle Let the ground behind him be raised even with the Planks that he may continually stand on a Levell Let the Floor behind him be pitcht with small Pebble and be sure let that part of your Stable where the Rack stands be well Wainscoted I would have two Rings placed at each side of his Stall for his Halter to run through which must have a light wooden Logger at the bottom of it to poise it perpendicularly but not so heavy as to tire the Horse or to hinder him from eating Instead of a fix'd Manger I would have you have a Locker or Drawer made in the Wainscote partition for him to eat his Corn out of which you may take in and out to cleanse at pleasure And whereas some may object the narrowness of the Room you may remedy that at your pleasure by allowing it to be the larger tho considering the small Quantity of Provender you are to put in at a time as you see hereafter you need not make it very large I would not advise you to make any Rack but instead thereof according to the Italian fashion to give your Horse his Hay on the ground upon the Litter or else you may if you please nail some Boards in the form of a Trough in which you may put his Hay and the Boards will prevent him from trampling and spoiling it Some possibly may object that this way of Feeding him may spoil his Crest and that the blowing upon his Hay will soon make it nauseous to his Palate For the spoiling his Crest it rather strengthens it and makes it firm whereas on the contrary to lift up his Head high to the Rack will make him withy-cragged but the way forementioned he will feed as he lyes which will be for his ease and satisfaction As to the quantity of his Hay you are to give it him in such small Proportions tho the oftener that it may be eaten before his Freath can in the least have tainted it But the chief Reason why I advise you to this way is this because the receiving his Hay down upon the Ground will help to cleanse his Head from any Rheum or Dose which he may have gotten by negligence and over-exercise and induce him by sneezing to throw out all manner of watry humors that may annoy his Head If your Stable will allow you may build several Partitions of Boards and at the Head towards the Manger let them be advanc'd to that height that one Horse may not molest or smell to another and so divide the Whole into as many equal Stands or Staulls as it will admit of allowing to each Room enough to turn about in and lie down at pleasure You may make one of your Staulls close which may serve for your Groom to lie in in case of a Match Sickness c. and where he may burn Candle without the Horse's discerning of it Behind the Horses I would have a Range of Presses made with Peggs in them to hang up Saddles Bridles Housing-cloaths c. as likewise Shelves to place your Curry-combs Brushes Dusting-cloaths Oyntments Waters or any other Necessaries upon Now that you may not cumber your Stable with Oat-Binns I think it necessary to tell you that the best way is to make use of the Invention of Mr. Farmer of Tusmore in Oxford-shire Which is done according as it is described by the Ingenuous Dr. Plot in his Natural History of Oxford-shire by letting the Oats down from a Loft above out of a Vessel like the Hopper of a Mill whence they fall into a square Pipe let into the wall of about four Inches Diagonal which comes down into a Cupboard also set into the wall but with its end so near the bottom that there shall never be above a Gallon or other desireable Quantity in the Cupboard at a time which being taken away and given to the Horses another Gallon presently succeeds so that in the lower part of the Stable where the Horses stand there is not one Inch of room taken up for the whole provision of Oats which Contrivance hath also this further Convenience that by this Motion the Oats are kept constantly sweet the taking away one Gallon moving the whole Mass above which laid up any otherwise in great quantities grow frequently musty Now I would have you have two made the one for the Oats the other for your split Beans and both let into your Range of Presses the Partitions may easily be made over head to separate your Oats from your Beans Or if you like not this way you may convert it into an Hay-loft or Chambers for your Grooms which you fancy but whatever you make choice of let the Floor overhead be seil'd that no Dust from above fall upon your Horses But if you have the convenience of a Rick-yard so that you keep your Hay abroad it is the opinion of some knowing Horsemen that to tuck it out of the Rick by little and little as you have occasion to use it makes it spend much better than it would otherwise do out of the Hay-Tallet As to the rest of its Perquisites a Dung. yard a Pump or a Conduit are necessary and if you can have that convenience some Pond or running River near hand But be sure never let the Front of your Stable be without Litter that by frequent practice your Horse may learn to empty his Bladder when he is come from Airing which will be both healthful for your Horse and profitable for your Land Having thus laid down a Modell for a Stable my next business is to tell the Groom his Duty I mean not those which generally appertain to all Servants such as are Obedience Fidelity Patience Diligence c. but those more essentially belonging to this Office First then he must love his Horse in the next degree to his Master and to endeavour by fair Usage to acquire a reciprocal Love from him again and an exact Obedience which if he know how to pay it to his Master he will the better be able to teach it his Horse and both the one and the other are to be obtain'd by fair means rather than by Passion and Outrage For those who are so irrational themselves as not to be able to command their own Passions are not fit to undertake the reclaiming of an Horse who by nature is an irrational Creature from his He must then put in practice that Patience which I would have him Master of at all times and by that and fair means he shall attain his End For nothing is more tractable than an Horse if you make use of Kindness to win him Next Neatness is requisite in a Groom to keep his Stable clean swept and in order his Saddles Housing-cloaths Stirrops Leathers and Girths cleane and above all his Horse clean dress'd and rubb'd Diligence in the last place is requisite both in a daily practice of his Duty and in observing any the smallest Alteration