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Title:  The boke of husbandry·
Author: Fitzherbert, John, d. 1531.
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¶ The fyrste is to be small mouthed, the se∣conde, to be longe rayned, the. iii. to be thyn cressed, the fourthe, to be streyght backed, the fyfth, to haue small stones, the syxte, to be lathe legged, the. vii. to be rounde foted, the eyght, to be holowe foted, the. ix. to haue a toughe houe.¶ The. x. properties of a woman.¶ The fyrst is, to be mery of chere, the se∣conde, to be well paced, the thyrde, to haue a brode foreheed, the fourth, to haue brode but∣tockes, the fyfthe, to be harde of warde, the syxte, to be easye to lepe vppon, the. vii to be good at a longe iourneye. the. viii. to be well sturrynge vnder a man, the. ix. to be alwaye besye with the mouthe, the tenth, euer to be chowynge on the brydell.¶ It myght fortune I coude shewe as many defantes of horses, as here be good proper∣tyes, but than I shulde breake my promyse, that I made at Grombalde brydge, the first tyme I wente to Ryppon for to bye coltes. But it is to suppose, that if a horse want any of these good propertyes, that he shulde haue a defaute in the same place. And this is suffy∣cient for this tyme.0