The history of four-footed beasts and serpents describing at large their true and lively figure, their several names, conditions, kinds, virtues ... countries of their breed, their love and hatred to mankind, and the wonderful work by Edward Topsell ; whereunto is now added, The theater of insects, or, Lesser living creatures ... by T. Muffet ...

Of load or Pack-horses.

WHere they keep Horses in herds and flocks, they have some which are not fit for the faddle, nor for the wars, and therefore are to be employed for the carrying of burthens, or to the Cart; although (as Festus saith) Mules were first used for carrying and draught; but forasmuch as all Nations have not Mules, they are therefore inforced to use Horses, and for this purpose the Geldings are much better then the stoned Horses; wherefore the Countrey-men of most Nations take Hor∣ses, for this purpose, after they be old, past breeding, or have some other blemish in winde or limb, whereby they are disabled to travel under a man: for so great is the greediness of our age, that Horses are not spared so long as they be able to live; according to the common proverb, (Asinis, equis, Mulis feriae nullae) Horses, Mules, and Asses, keep no Holy-days: where the Law of God concerning the Sabbath is not observed; for the nourishing of Horses doth countervail the

charges. Among these may be remembred those little Nags called Hinni, and Ginni, spoken of al∣ready in the discourse of Asses, whereof some are generated betwixt a Horse and an Ass, and others fall to be very little, through some sickness which happeneth unto them in their dams belly: these are used with shorn manes according to the saying of Propertius: huc mea detonsis aucta est Cynthia man∣nis. They are used for pleasure, to carry the young sons of Noble-men and Gentle-men. There are also Horses called Equi funales, because in their triumphs they were led with a halter next after the triumph.