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Opposition in Horses AGAINST the RIDER, A Signe of STRENGTH and SPIRIT.

BE not Discouraged if your Horse do Oppose you, for it shews Strength, Spirit, and Sto∣mack; and a Horse having all those, cannot chuse but be made a Ready-Horse, if he be under the Discipline of an Understanding Hand, and Knowing Heels.

When a Horse doth not Rebel, it shews Weakness, and faintness of Spirit, and no Courage; and where Nature is so much Wanting, it is Hard for Art to Supply it: But truly I never knew any Horse in my Life, but before he was

perfectly Drest, would Rebel, and Extreamly too, and a great while before he would go Freely; but a little still, against his will, until he be per∣fectly Drest.

Certainly there is no Horse but will Strive at the first in the Dressing, to have his own will, rather than to Obey your will; nor doth any Horse love Subjection, nor any other Creature, until there is no Remedy, and then they Obey; and the Custom of Obedience makes them Ready-Horses: They will Strive all the Wayes possibly they can, to be Free, and not Subjected; but when they see it will not be, then they Yield, and not before. So they Deserve no Thanks for their Obedi∣ence.

No man in the World, no, not the Wisest, if he were put in the Form of a Horse, with his Supreme Understanding, could possibly find out more subtle Wayes to Oppose a Man, than a Horse will; nay, nor near so many, I dare say: Whence I conclude, That the Horse must know you are his Master; that is, He must Fear you, and then he will Love you for his own Sake:

Fear is the sure Hold; for Fear doth All things in this World: Love, little; and therefore let your Horse Fear you.