TO THE READER.

WEre not this the Of spring of a long Conception, and (after above fifty years Experience) fitted for the birth, I would not now produce it into the World, since so many of the same kind have already crept in before it, that this can scarce expect the least portion of your Accep∣tation: Yet when I tell you, that (not∣withstanding all Mr MARKHAMS Pro∣mises in his former Bookes to lay open his Cabinet Councels) you shall here find many most Rare Secrets of his, and yet not so much his own, as his most in∣timate Friends, The Publisher her•of, to whom as a Legacy, he bequeathed them, and by whom since, for his pri∣vate Page  [unnumbered] use and experience, and with most approved success, they have been pra∣ctised for above Forty years: For there is no part of HORSEMANSHIP, either for the Theorick or Practick, but is here exactly discovered: For Breeding, here is the manner how, the season when, the place where, together with the Co∣lours, Marks and Shapes, as well of Stallions as Mares. The Feeder, Rider, Keeper, Ambler and Buyer, have here their most particular Instructions; but above all, the Farrier (be he never so skilful) may hereby perfect his knowledg, and inrich himself. But whoever thou bee'st that buyest it, whether for thy plea∣sure or profit, if thou art pleased, I have my ends.