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
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637., Thetford, Lancelot.
His Face.
If his Face be lean: his forehead swelling outward: the mark or feather in his face set high, as above his eys, or at the top of his eyes; if he have white starre: or white ratch Page 117 of an indifferent size, and even placed, or a white snip on his nose, or lip; all are marks of beauty and goodness. But if his face be fat, cloudy or skouling, his forehead flat as a trencher, (which we call Mare-faced,) or the mark in his forehead stand low, as under his eyes: If his star or ratch stand awry, or in an evill posture, or in stead of a snip, his nose be raw and unhairy, or his face gene∣rally bald; all are signes of deformity.
