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Election how divided.
To begin therefore with the first principle of Election, you shall understand they are divided into two especiall heads, the one Ge∣nerall the other Particular.
The generall Rule.
The Generall Rule of election is, first the end for which you buy, then his Breed or Generation; his Colour, his Pace, and his Stature. These are said to be generall, because they have a generall dependance upon every mans several opinions: as the first, which is the end for which you buy, it is a thing shut up only in your own bosome.
The other, which is Breed, you must either take it from faithful report, your own know∣ledge, or from some known and certain Cha∣racters by which one strain or one Country is distinguished from another; as the Neapoli∣tan is known by his Hauk-nose, the Spani∣ard by his small Limbs, the Barbary by his fine head, and deep hoof, The Dutch by his rough legges, the English, by his Gene∣rall