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In what sort to helpe your horsse in euerie manage.
WHensoeuer you will ma∣nage your horsse without rest, you must trot or gallop, till you come to the place of turning; where making as it were a see∣ming to stop, you must raise him, and therewith suddenlie put him forward
one pase, leaning your bodie, and casting your bridle hand a little forward: then by moouing your leg, you shall warne him to returne an o∣ther pase, and in the turning easilie you shall put him forward at the halfe turne Terra terra, hel∣ping him with your voice, your heele, & spurre. And if you will haue him to turne on the right hand, helpe him on the left side; and on the left side, with the right spurre: & remember to helpe him much or little, as you see occasion require.
Remember also, if at the halfe of his turne he commeth about hard, as it were hanging on the contrarie hand from that he turneth, that then you must forbeare to strike him with the contra∣rie spurre, that is to saie without the turne, and strike him with your spurre within, on that hand you doo turne. The like order you shall obserue both in gallopping and the franke manage. But if you find your horsse commeth ouer fast about to his halfe turne, not setting himselfe iust in the same path from whence he came, for (to make the turne iust he must bring his head where his hinder feet were) then so soone as you haue gi∣uen him the spur on the outside, you must pre∣sentlie answere the same with an other on the in∣side: both which must be neere vnto the girths, vnlesse you find occasion to giue them neerer
vnto the flanks; which is, when the horsse dooth turne with his buttocks more on the one than the other side. But if he turne ouermuch, bend∣ing on his legs behind, & ouer low with his but∣tocks; then must you foorthwith thrust him for∣wards, striking him neere vnto his girthes with both spurs together; accompanieng that helpe with the rod vpon the horsses flanke, and like∣wise your voice, if need dooth so require.
The stroke of the rod dooth also helpe much in turning, if the same be giuen when need re∣quires vpon the contrarie shoulder of the horse: but if no such neede be, it shall suffice if you put your rod ouer the horsse, so as the same may hang on the left shoulder, to make him turne to∣wards the right hand, and likewise on the right side, when you would haue him turne on the left hand.
But you shall helpe him much more, and with better grace, if when the horsse slideth vpon his heeles, you sit somewhat with your bodie lea∣ning backward; and suddenlie putting him for∣ward, turne the point of your contrarie shoulder towards that hand you would haue the horsse to turne. As if you would haue him come on the right hand, then must you put forward your left shoulder; or if you would haue him turne on the
left hand, then put your right shoulder some∣what forward.
In turning, you must also remember that your bridle hand may not be farre remoued from the bending of the horsses necke, euer holding it right against the middest of the pommell.
If you ride a horsse that is alreadie made, and perfect; then, to make him turne on the left hand you must turne your bridle hand, yet not mo∣uing it from the place; so as your thumbe be downewards, and your little finger (which is be∣twixt the reines) be vppermost: and turning on the right hand, you shall turne your fist contra∣riwise; so as all the other fingers be vpward, but the thumbe not so high as the ring and little fin∣gers. This motion of the hand is not easilie ex∣pressed; and therefore M. Claudio remitteth it to the discretion of the rider, so that he keepe his hand firme in the due place prescribed.
But if your horsse be not brought vnto perfe∣ction, but weareth his Cauezzan or false reine, then these points of cunning are not required; bicause you are to emploie all necessarie helps, to the end the horsse may hold his head strait, & go iust with his necke, chieflie when he turneth: euer helping, as need requireth. As if you turne on the left hand, then faire and easilie you shall
(according to necessitie) drawe the right false reine: or if you turne on the right hand, then must the left false reine be holden and drawne strait, and the other as you thinke good.
These halfe turnes in the manages without rest, I wish to be iust, and with good grace; for so being, M. Claudio saith they are the most seeme∣lie and necessarie motions the horsse can make. And if the horsse can doo these turnes exactlie well, you may easilie make him also to doo them (as it were) mocking (which for want of english words to expresse the same) I will vse the Italian, calling them Volte ingannate & rubate. The waie * 1.1 to manage your horsse with these Volte ingan∣nate is, that when he commeth vnto the place of turne, readie to stop, you must proffer him to turne on the one hand, and suddenlie turne him on the other.
If you like to vse the same order in turning your horsse, you may doo it in this maner. When you haue set your horsses head strait in the same path and place where he stood with his heeles, without putting him any whit forward; you must force him to make a whole turne round in the same order you obserued in the halfe turnes: so as at euerie end of the manage you shall make one whole turne & a halfe vpon one hand. And
remember that the horsse doo not passe forward to the other end of the manage, till you haue ended the turnes, but tarie till you will haue him so to doo. You may also (if so you thinke good) hauing giuen your horsse an halfe turne on the right hand, presentlie returne him with the like time on the left hand, to make an whole turne, in the order before prescribed. But remember that in these dooings you may not labour your horsse much, vnlesse he be of great force; and more than ordinarie strength. The like order you shall obserue in helping in managing your horsse with rest; sauing that you must then turne him at the first or third aduancing. This manage may be made with halfe turnes, & whole turnes mocked: but they must be aboue the ground & aloft. For I haue often told you, that I like not the whole turnes that be made ouer high, the horsse resting onelie vpon his two hinder feete. And if in ending the halfe turne or the whole turne with the halfe, you put your horsse to one or two Pesate, or as manie Aggroppiati rileuati, before you come to the other end of the ma∣nage, the same will be pleasing to the beholders; you shalbe also thought to shew much skill, and the horsse more obedience. Note that in this manage with rest aboue the ground, and high,
you must at euerie turne (for the most part) help the horsse with the euen stroke of the spurs: yet not hard, vnlesse need so requireth.
Volte ingan∣nate & ru∣bate.