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- VENVS
AND
ADONIS.'
What
reckctli
he
his riders
angric
ilurfc,
HistiattcringholIa,orhis(l:and,Ifa:y,
What
carcshc
now,
forcurbc,
or
pricking
fpurre,
For
rich
capp.ri(bns,
or
trappings
gay
:
He
fees
his
Joue,
and
nothing
cile
he
fees,
For
nothing
clCc
with
his
proud
fight
agrees.
Looke when
a
Painter
would
furpaffe
th
z
h'fe,
Inhmmingoutawell
proportioned deed,
His
Art
with
Natures workmaniliip
atftrife,
As
ifthc
dead
the
liuingfliould
exceed:
So
did
this
Horfe
exccll
a
common
one,
In lliape,
in
courage,
colour, pace and
bone.
Round
hooftjtliort
ioynted,
fetlocks
(hag, and
long,
Broad
breail,
full
eye, fmall
head,and
noiirill
wide.
High
cred,
(liort
eares,ftraight
Iegs,&pafring
ftr6g>
Thin
mane,thicke
taile,broad buttock, tender hide*
Looke
what
a
Horfe
Ihould haucjhe
did not
lack,
Sauc
a
proud
rider
on
fo
proud
a
back.
•
Sometime
he
feuds
farre
off,aud there he
ftares,
Anon
he
darts,
at
durring
of a feather;
'
To
bid the
wind a
bafc
he now prepares,
And
where he runnc,
or flie,they
know
not
w hethcr:
For
through
his
manei<Si
taile,thc
high wind
fings,
Fanning
the haires,
who waueHkcfeathred
wings.
11. 283—306
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