A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . OF THE EXTERNAL PARTES OF AN HORSE IN PARTICVLAR,AND OF THEIR NAMES. CHAT. OR our better vnderftanding of the proporti6ns ofthis beaft, I thinke icnotamifle, firftto fetdownethenames <A all his outward partes, Ieaft(befides the ob»fcurity) we might eafily miftake one part for an other,efpecialh/ fince the names hereof are riot verye wellknowen j& diuerfly termed By fundry perfons. So thar,bythismeanes j the reader may be dire&edbythefcnames jwhich I haue take out of the beft Italia then thole haire


A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . OF THE EXTERNAL PARTES OF AN HORSE IN PARTICVLAR,AND OF THEIR NAMES. CHAT. OR our better vnderftanding of the proporti6ns ofthis beaft, I thinke icnotamifle, firftto fetdownethenames <A all his outward partes, Ieaft(befides the ob»fcurity) we might eafily miftake one part for an other,efpecialh/ fince the names hereof are riot verye wellknowen j& diuerfly termed By fundry perfons. So thar,bythismeanes j the reader may be dire&edbythefcnames jwhich I haue take out of the beft Italia then thole haires which growc about the forhead,are called by thegenerall name of hdire,and the whole tuffetof hairc together ,is called thefore-toppe j thofe likewifc which hang downe on each fide of the eare,toge-therwiththofeon the creft ofthe necke, betweene the top ofthe head,andthe beginning of the backe , make the mane. At the top of the head and thebeginning ofthe vpper iawes, growethe tares. The (pace betweene thecares aboue, is called the pow/e; below, the top oftheforhead. The fwel-ling about the eiebrowes is termed the concaue: The pointes or


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