The perfect horseman, or, The experienced secrets of Mr. Markham's fifty years practice shewing how a man may come to be a general horseman, by the knowledge of these seven offices, viz. the breeder, feeder, ambler, rider, keeper, buyer, farrier / and now published by Lancelot Thetford, practitioner in the same art for the space of forty years.

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The perfect horseman, or, The experienced secrets of Mr. Markham's fifty years practice shewing how a man may come to be a general horseman, by the knowledge of these seven offices, viz. the breeder, feeder, ambler, rider, keeper, buyer, farrier / and now published by Lancelot Thetford, practitioner in the same art for the space of forty years.
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Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
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London :: Printed for Humphrey Moseley ...,
1656.
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Horses.
Horses -- Diseases.
Horsemanship.
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"The perfect horseman, or, The experienced secrets of Mr. Markham's fifty years practice shewing how a man may come to be a general horseman, by the knowledge of these seven offices, viz. the breeder, feeder, ambler, rider, keeper, buyer, farrier / and now published by Lancelot Thetford, practitioner in the same art for the space of forty years." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a51971.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024.

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off, and to one halfe therof (which is a suf∣fiacient drench) put a quarter of a pound of sweet butter, and four spoonfuls of sallet∣oyle; then being luke-warm, give the horse a third part of the drench, and after it a new laid egge: then another third part, and after it another egge: then lastly, all the rest of the drink. Then ride him pretty round∣ly after it for near an houre, and let him fast another houre; keep warme, and feed as at o∣ther timer. At noon give him a mash, and the next day give him the other half.

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