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CHAP. 54. Of halting behind, and where the griefe is.

IF a horse halte behind, his griefe of necessity must either be in his hippe (of some called the huckle bone) or in the stifle, in the hough, in the hamme, in the legge, in the neather ioint, in the pastorne, or in the foote. If he halte in the hip of any new hurt, the horse wil goe side-long, and not follow so well with that legge as with the other, neither will he be able to turne vpon that side without much fauouring of his legge; but if it be any old hurte, then the sore hippe will shrinke and be lower then the other, and it is best seene when he goeth vp a hill, or vpon the edge of some bancke, so as the worst legge may goe on the higher side, for then he will halte so much the more, because it is painefull vnto him to goe so vneuenly wrinching his legge; if the griefe be in the stiflle, then the horse in his going will cast the stiflle ioint out∣ward, and the bone on the inside will be farre bigger then the other, neither can he any more then touch the ground with his toe; if his griefe be in the hough, then it is by meanes of some spauen, which is appa∣rant both to be seene and felt, or else of some straine or blow: and then the swelling will appeare, and the like is to be said of the hamme, wherein may be seene

the sellander or such like apparant sorrance causing the horse to halte; if the griefe be either in the legge, pastorne, or foote, you shall find it by such signes as haue bene taught you in the former chapter.