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.

Observation for water.

Our Feeder shall observe, that albeit I give no direction for watering the horse after the heats, yet he may in any of the later fort∣nights (finding his horse clean and his grease consumed) somwhat late at night, as about Page  80 six a clock give him water in reasonable quantity being made luke warm, and fasting an hour after it. Also if through the un∣seasonableness of the weather, you cannot water abroad, then you shall at your water∣ing hours water in the house with warm wa∣ter as aforesaid. Nor need you in this case heat all your water, but making a little very hot, put it into a greater, and so make all luke-warm. If you throw an handfull of Wheat-meal, Bran, or Oat-meal finely pow∣dred (but Oat-meal is the best) into the wa∣ter, it is very wholsome.