Of the several Authors that have Written of Horse-manship , both Italians , French and English .

THis Noble Art was first begun and Invented in Italy , and all the French and other Nations went thither to learn ; the seate of Horse-manship being at Naples : The first that ever Writ of it was Frederick Grison a Neapolitan ; and truly he Writ like a Horse-man , and a great Master in the Art for those times : Henry the Eighth sent for two Italians that were his Schollars , to come to him into England ; and of one of them came all our Alexanders ; and their Schollars fill'd the Kingdom with Horse-men .

Sir Philip Sidney brought an Italian Rider , one Signior Romano , to teach his Nephew William Lord Herbert , afterwards Earl of Pembrook ; and the same Sir Philip Sidney brought also over an other Italian Rider , call'd Signior Prospero : The old Earle of Leicester , sent for an Excellent Rider out of Italy , call'd Signior Claudio Curtio , who writ a Book of Horse-manship , and is quoted by several Italian Writers ; but I think , that very much of his Book is stolen out of Grison . Laurentius Cussius is another Author , none of the best , with Horrible Bitts . Then there is Cesar Fieske , who hath writ a Book much out of Grison too , where he meddles with Musick . There is another Book of Horse-manship , call'd Gloria del Cavallo , with long discourses , and much out of Grison . There is another Italian Book of Horse-manship , call'd Cavallo Frenato de Pietro Antonio , a Neapolitan ; much stolen out of Grison : But his Book consists most of Bitts , to little purpose ; though they seem to be Great Curiosities . But the most Famous man that ever was in Italy , was at Naples , a Neapolitan , call'd Signior Pignatel ; but he never Writ : Monsieur La Broue Rid under him five years : Monsieur De Pluvinel nine years : And Monsieur St. Anthoine many years . The Liberty , which is the best for Bitts , at this Day , we call A La Pignatel .

These three aforementioned French-men that Rid under Signior Pignatel , fill'd France with French Horse-men ; which before were fill'd with Italians . Monsieur La Broue , I believe , was the First that ever Writ of Horse-manship , in the French Language : and the first French-man that ever Writ in that Art ; His Book is very Tedious , many Words for little Matter ; and his first Book is absolutely all Stolen out of Grison ; and his second Book from Signior Pignatell's Lessons ; But La Broue , to seem wiser than he was , and to make up a Book , divides a Circle into so many parts , to bring a Horse to a whole Circle , that it confounds a Horse more , and is harder for him , than to Work him upon a whole Circle at first : And for La Broue's third Book of Bitts , there is no great Matter in it . As for Pluvinel , no doubt but he was a Good Horse-man ; but his Invention of the Three Pillars , of which his Book Pretends to be an absolute Method , is no more than an absolute Routine ; and hath spoyl'd more Horses , than ever any Thing did ; for Horses are not Made to the Hand and the Heel at all with them ; nor will they go from the usual place where they are Ridden , nor well there neither . But my Book is stolen out of no Book , nor any mans Practice but my own , and is as True as it is New ; and if any Man do not like it , it is a great Signe he understands it not : for there is no way for Dressing Horses like it ; If it be not Good , I am sure it is the Best that hath been VVrit yet ; what will be VVrit hereafter I know not .

I must tell you that the Italian Writers are Tedious , and write more of Marks , Colours , Temperatures , Elements , Moon , Stars , Winds , and Bleedings , than of the Art of Rideing ; only to make up a Book , though they wanted Horse-manship .

There was one Signior Hannibal a Neapolitan that came into England and serv'd the Lord Walden .

Monsieur St. Anthoine a French-man , was a very good Horse-man , and sent over by Henry the Fourth of France , to teach Prince Henry ; Monsieur La Coste was his Page , and Ridd excellently well , especially Leaping Horses . Monsieur Boycler Ridd under him too , and was an excellent Horse-man ; Monsieur Founteney , which was either his Nephew , or his Natural Son ; for he gave him All when he Dyed , was also a very good Horse-man , but none of these ever Writ any thing of Horse-manship . And the Best Horse-man , that ever I knew , is one of my own Breeding , and Rides by my Method , which is Captain Mazine , now a Query to the KING .

That it is a very Impertinent Error , and of great Prejudice , to think the MannageVseless .

MAny say , that all things in the Mannage is nothing but Tricks , and Dancing , and Gamballs , and of no Use : But by their Leave , whosoever sayes so , is very much Deceived ; for a Horse that is well settled upon the Hand , and firm and Obedient to the Hand and Heels , Gallops the Field , and Changes as often , and just as you will , either without the Circle , or within the Circle , Serpiger , Terra a Terra , the Piroite , or what you will ; and all is this upon the Ground , and every thing and Particle of it Useful ; and so Useful , that a Good Horse-man , upon such a Horse , would have too much Advantage , in Conscience , of him that Talks against it , either in a single Combat , or in the VVarrs ; for A Ready-Horse will Run , Stop , Turn , go Back ; and if he Rise , he knows how to come Down again , and is so well on the Hand , as you cannot pull him Over with both your Hands ; and so Obedient , that I will Run him on Fire , Water , or Sword , and he shall Obey me : And all This cannot be done but by the Art of Rideing , and that in the Mannage .

But , What makes these Men speak against it ? The first Reason , is , Because they are Ignorant , and so speak , as the Wisest men in the world must do , when they will speak of any thing they Know not , and think that Talk will carry it : But the Main Reason is this ; They find they cannot Ride well ; nay , indeed not at all , A Horse of Mannage , and they would be the Finest men in the world , for All things , though they will take Pains for Nothing ; and because , forsooth , they cannot Ride by Inspiration , without taking Pains , therefore it is worth Nothing , and of no Use : But if every thing was Naught that they cannot do , there would be very few things Good in the World .

The next thing , is , That they think it a Disgrace for a Gentleman to do any thing Well . What! Be a Rider . Why not ? Many Kings and Princes think themselves Graced with being Good Horse-men .

Our Gracious and most Excellent KING , is not only the Handsomest , and most Comely Horse-man in the World , but as Knowing and Understanding in the Art as any man ; and no man makes a Horse go Better than I have seen some go under His MAJESTY the first time that ever He came upon their Backs , which is the Height and Quintescence of the Art ; and yet I dare say the KING takes it for no Disgrace to be so Excellent a Horse-man : The Duke of YORK is also a very Good Horse-man , and Both take it for an Honour , and no Disgrace ; and think it a most useful and noble Quality for Princes .

The Duke of Mommorancy , Conestable of France , and the first Gentleman of Christendom , was the Best Horse-man in the World , and to this day the best Branches for Bitts was of his Invention , called A La Conestable ; and so he Devised the Best Spurrs ; and never any Esquier Ridd like him , being certainly the Best Horse-man in the World , which he thought a Grace to him : The Prince of Conde , his Grand-childe by the Princess his Mother , is an Excellent Horse-man , and thinks it no Disgrace to him .

Most of the Princes in France highly Esteem it , and are good Horse-men : nay , their King , at this present time , highly Esteems it , and is a Good Horse-man ; nor is any Gentleman in France Esteem'd that is not a good Horse-man .

The great King of Spain Deceased , did not only Love it , and Understand it , but was absolutely the Best Horse-man in all Spain .

I may therefore desire These men to be more Merciful , and to think it no Disgrace , to Them , to be Horse-men ; but still the Old business will stick with them , which is , They cannot do it , and therefore it is Naught : A very good and sensless Reason ! He that will take Pains for Nothing , shall never do any thing VVell ; for Arts , Sciences , and good Qualities , come not by Instinct , but are got by great Labour , Study , and Practice ; wherefore These Men will none ( I thank you ) till they be as Easily learnt , as the Seven Deadly Sins , Railing , and wearing Fine Cloaths and Feathers .

But let us see now , how These Men are on Horse-back , and what their Horses do under them . This Cavalier Seats as far Back in the Sadle as he can , his Leggs stretcht as far Forward before the Shoulders of the Horse , with his Toes out , that he may Spur him in the Shoulders ; and Stoops in the Back , which they call a Comely Seat ; not Knowing how to hold the Bridle in his Hand , nor Ghess at any Helps at all ; and appears on Horse-back as if he were three quarters Foxt , so Ridiculous is that Seat : and having Sent to a Sadler , or a Bitt-maker , to Bitt his Horse , all is Well .

Being Mounted thus , as I tell you , you shall see his Ready Horse of Vse , and his Horse-manship : When he would Turn him on the Right Hand , the Horse doth Turn on the Left ; and when he would Turn him on the Left Hand , the Horse doth Turn on the Right : When he would Stop him , the Horse runs Away : When he would Put him Forward , the Horse runs Backward : When he would Put him Back , the Horse Rises , and comes Over with him , and there the Good Horse-man Lies , and must send for a Surgion , or a Bone-Setter , if he be not Kill'd : Nay , his Horse shall neither come neer Drum , Trumpet , or Colours , Pistol , or Sword ; but he fetches Forty Figaries to Endanger him and his Horse : And this is the Excellent Horse-man , and the Ready Horse of Vse . How is it Possible to be Otherwise , when the Horse knows not how to Obey either Hand or Hee ll , and the Horse-man is as Ignorant as he ? Whence it followes , That there is Nothing to make a Sure Horse , but the Mannage .

I would have every Horse ( that wears a Bitt ) Gelding , or Nagg , wrought in the Mannage , to be firm on the Hand , both for Readiness , and Safety , were it for a B : B : Judge , or Lady : For without setling of the Hand , they are very Unuseful , and Dangerous .

I wonder how men are so Presumptious , to think they can Ride as Horse-men , because they can Ride forward from Barnet to London , which every body can do ; and I have seen VVomen to Ride Astride as well as they : They do not think of any Art , or Trade , as they do of Horse-manship , where they are all Masters : Which doth not Prove so , when they Ride .

I think I have Proved sufficiently their Errour , and Ignorance ; and as fully Proved , That there is no Vseful Horse but those that are Made in the Mannage .

The next thing , is , to tell you , That Corvets , and other Ayres , settles a Horse very well upon the Hand ; makes him Leight before , and puts him upon the Hanches , which are all Useful for a Souldiers Horse ; and makes him Stop upon the Hanches , which is very Useful for a man in Armes ; for , did the Horse stop upon the Shoulders , he would give his Rider ( being Armed ) such a Shock as would make his Bones Ake , was he never so Sound : Nay , to make a Horse go in Leaps , firms him on the Hand , which is Good for a Souldiers Horse .

But , sayes a Gallant , when I should have Use of him in the Field , then he will be playing Tricks : That Gallant is Deceived ; for , the Helps to make Horses go in Ayres , and to make them go upon the Ground , are Several ; and Good Horse-men have much ado to make them go in Ayres , with their best Helps ; so that , if you let them alone , they will not trouble you ; besides , two or three dayes March will make them , that they will not go in Ayres , if you would have them ; and they are much the Readier to go on the Ground : Whereby you see , that there is no Horse whatsoever can be a good and useful Horse , in any kind , with a Bitt , but what is Wrought in the Mannage .

And therefore I advise you , for your Safety , and Use , to Ride all Horses in the Mannage , and you will find it very True , That there can be no Horse else Safe and Useful ; nor can any Horse go well in a Snaffle , except he be formerly Ridd with a Bitt .

As for Pleasure and State , What Prince or Monarch looks more Princely , or more Enthroned , than Upon a Beautiful Horse , with Rich Foot-clothes , or Rich Sadles , and Waving Plumes , making his Entry through Great Cities , to Amaze the People with Pleasure and Delight ?

Or , What more Glorious or Manly , than , at great Marriages of Princes , to Run at the Ring , or Tilt , or Course at the Field ? What can be more Comely or Pleasing , than to see Horses go in all their several Ayres ? and to see so Excellent a Creature , with so much Spirit , and Strength , to be so Obedient to his Rider , as if having no Will but His , they had but one Body , and one Mind , like a Centaur ? But above all , What sets Off a King more , than to be on a Beautiful Horse at the Head of his Army ?

Thus it is Proved , That there is nothing of more Use than A Horse of Mannage ; nor any thing of more State , Manliness , or Pleasure , than Rideing ; and as it is the Noblest , so it is the Healthfullest Exercise in the World . In Hunting , Hawking , Bowling , Shooting , Cocking , Cardes and Dice , and many such things , there is no Use at all , but meerly Pleasure : But in A Horse of Mannage , both Use and Pleasure . It is True , that if there was nothing Commendable but what is Useful , strictly Examined ; we must have nothing but Hollow Trees for our Houses , Figg-leaf-Breeches for our Clothes , Acorns for our Meat , and Water for our Drink ; for certainly , most things else are but Superfluities and Curiosities .

I find Fault with no mans Delights , and do only Vindicate ( with Truth ) my own , since I have been so Prest to it with odde Discourses ; but I leave every one to his own VVayes , and his own Delights , desiring they will do the like by Me , which I shall take for a great Favour : But if it Chances they will not be so Gracious , and Just to me , it will Grieve me so Extreamly , that , in my Conscience , I shall Sleep never the VVorse .

That a Good Horse-man may be Thrown-Down Off his Horse , without Disparagement to Horse-man-ship , contrary to the Vulgar Errour .

MOst People are very much Deceiv'd , when , if a Horse throws Down his Rider , they not only Laugh at Him , but think to have Reason so to do ; Saying of the Best Horse-man in the VVorld , to whom such a Mischance should happen , That he is a Fine Horse-man indeed ! For they can Swear , that they knew a Horse Threw him . But they must Learn , That a Good Horse-man may be Thrown Down sooner than Ill ones ; because Good Horse-men little think of Sitting , and so may be Surprised , their Thoughts being all how to make their Horses go Well , and never doubt Throwing ; whereas an Ill Horse-man thinks of nothing but Sitting , for Fear he should be Thrown , and never thinks how to make his Horse go Well ; for he Knows not how to Do it : But Holds by the Main , and the Pomel , and his Head at the Horses Head , ready to Beat out his Teeth , and his Leggs holding by the Flank ; and is so Deformed on Horse Back , as if he were a Strange African Monster ; and the Horse so Disordered , that to see him Sit in that Manner , is the most Nauseous Sight that can be , and the most Displeasing to the Beholders ; and were much Better for the Spectators to see him Fall , and for his Reputation , so he received no Hurt by the Fall .

Thus you see , That any Groom , or Tinker , may Sit , and yet be no Horse-man , which is a Greater Business than only Sitting ; for a Jackanapes in Paris Garden , when he is Baited with Musled Mastiffs , the Gentleman Sits very Sure , but not very Comely , and in my Conscience is no Excellent Horse-man ▪ Sitting is but One thing in Horse-manship , and there are Thousands of things in the Art .

So if a Good Horse-man be Thrown by Chance , Hath he Lost all his Horse-manship , because he was once Thrown ? And is an Ignorant Fellow inspired presently with Horse-manship , because he can Ill-favouredly Cling to the Horse , and Hold on ? No , sitting Fast is the meanest thing in Horse-manship , which Comprehends many more of greater Consequence .

But yet I must Tell you , I never knew in my Life , a good Horse-man Thrown , but I have known many Presumptuous ignorant Fellows get Falls ; but , as , if a good Horse-man by Chance be Thrown , he doth not Lose all his Horse-manship with that Fall , if he be not Kill'd ; so an Ignorant man , if he Sits , is not Presently infused with Horse-manship : For it is a Mistake as Ridiculous as it is Common , to take Sitting Fast on Horse-back for the whole Art of Horse-manship .

Old Grison , and his Translator Mr. Blundevile , ANATOMIZED

OLd Grison , and many Italian Authors , would have a Bardel , which is a Straw Saddle , set first on a Colts Back , and nothing but a Rope Cavazon on his Nose ; which is to no Purpose in the world , but Loss of Time : Then they will Trot him two or three Years up Hills , and down Hills , to Stop him ; which is to Less Purpose , and more Loss of Time .

They would have a Circle ; or Ring , as they call them , of an Acre of ground in Plow'd Land , to make a Horse go a Hundred Turns in it , which is worse than to Ride a Journey of Thirty miles ; and I wonder what Horses they had in those Dayes ; for I am sure , Those we have now , are not Able to do it .

They Teach to Ride one Horse two or three Hours at a time , when one may well Ride half a Dozen at least in an Hour , and give them sufficiently Enough .

For their Single Turns , and Double Turns , call'd Radopiare , they are Ridiculous , and so is the Repolone , which is to Gallop him Half a mile , and then Turn him Ill-favouredly and False : And their Several Mannages of Metzo Tempo , Tutto Tempo , and Contratempo , are no Better .

For a Resty Horse they Raise a whole Town with Staves to Beat him , with many Curious Inventions , with Squirts , Fire , Whelps , Hedg-hoggs , Nailes , and I know not What. And the same they do Before a Horse that Runs Away , as well as to the Resty Horse Behind .

Then for Spurring , the Bunching Stroke , and the Clinching Stroke ; and if he will not Endure the Spurs , Boots stufft with Straw , and Spurs at them , to Hang at his Sides , ( which is not worth a Straw ) ; and the Chambetta , which signifies nothing .

For a Horse that is Afraid , and Starts , they appoint Whirlegiggs of several Colours , which will make him Ten times Worse . And to lay Stones in his Way , and a Hollow Ditch to Ride him in , are Lamentable businesses in Horse-manship : And they have as many Foolish Wayes for the Credensa , which shall never Cure him of that Vice .

They Bid us take Heed , by any Means , Not to make the Horse too Weak-Neckt ; which is a Prime Note ! But Mr. Blundevile did not Know , that all Horses are a Stiff-necked Generation .

Mr. Pagano would never Use his Horse to any thing but a Walk , or a Trot at the most ; wherewith ( I am sure ) he shall never Dress a Horse perfectly ; and yet ( sayes Mr. Blundevile ) it was a Wonder to all Beholders , to see , That in Eight Dayes , he would make him Run a Carreer perfectly , which I will Undertake to have done the First Morning that ever he Ran.

Speaking of his Capriole , he mistakes the Ayre , as well as the making of the Horse .

For Corvets , Mr. Blundevil did not Understand it ( nor his Master Grison belike ) when he sayes , The Spaniards take Delight to make their Horses go in Corvets , which never Spaniard yet could do ; but he takes Trampling , and Prauncing , for Corvets , wherein he is much Deceiv'd ; for Corvets is the Hardest Ayre in the World , which no Horse can go , unless he be perfectly within the Hand , and the Heels , and upon the Hanches ; which is not Trampling .

To Ride Short , he calls after the Turkish Fashion , wherein he is Deceived ; for it is A La Genette , which is the Spanish Fashion too ; and to Ride Short in Corvets is his Mistake , for I would Ride Longer in Corvets than any other Ayre . He is also Mistaken , when he sayes , He would not have above Two Horses in Her Majesties Stable to go in Corvets ; for it is of no Use ( saith he ) and such Delighting Toyes of Prauncing up and down they will do , when they should go upon the Ground : For first , There is nothing makes a Horse Better upon the Hand , than Corvets , and that 's Useful ; then , there is nothing puts a Horse so much upon the Hanches , and Firms him there , as Corvets , and that is Usefull too ; and Mr. Blundevil is mightily Deceived , to think , that he will go in Corvets , when he should go upon the Ground ; for the Helps are several : And let a Horse be never so Apt , or Perfect in Corvets , and made upon the Ground too , ( which is the First thing must be done ) I dare say he shall never offer at Corvets with me , but go just upon the Ground as I would have him ; because the Helps are several .

He sayes , That in five or six Months he can make a Horse to Gallop the Field , ( a Necessary thing for a Souldiers Horse ) ; which is no more , as he Understands it , than in an Acre of Ground to Gallop and Change , still upon a Gallop ; and that I will Undertake to make a Cart-Horse do in three Dayes .

Besides , they Dig out Rings , and Entrench themselves ( which is a Horrible Folly ) ; but I desire no more for Stopping than a Plain place , without Hills , or any such Toyes ; and will Dress any Horse perfectly there , by the New Method of my French Book : which I Refer you to .

For Mr. Blundevils Bitts , The are very Ridiculous ; the Eyes are Naught , the Cheeks as ill , and the Mouths Worst of all ; with Catts Feet , Up-sets , Portes , and Broken Portes ; Catts Feet , and Up-sets , with a Revet Nayl ; and his Compleat Bitts , are compleatly Abominable , with their Water-Chain and Trench , the Mouth of the Bitt too being as Bigg as my Wrist , and the Branches as Long as my Arm ; and the Curb as Bigg as a Chain for a Horse Nose , with Stories flying Trench , which is a Snaffle tyed to the Bitt , and such other Tormenting ignorant Follies : The Leggs of it are 〈…〉 be so Loose , as if they were Broken , in the Knees , and are to Help up and down , as if they were Wind-Mill-Sayls .

He would have Us to Strike a Horse with a Cudgel , or a Rod , between the Ears , and upon the Head ; which is Abominable , though he thinks it a Rare Secret . And thus much of Mr. Blundevils Riding , which is Grison Translated into English .

Mr. Blundevils Breeding , To turn the Stallion loose to the Mares , is indifferent Well , but not Right ; and to put him to them again at Holland-Tide , stark Naught . To Cover in Hand is Unnatural , and you shall not have half of them ( so Covered ) prove with Fole .

To have a Horse-Fole , or Mare-Fole , by Tying his Right , or Left Stone ; to Observe the Moon , and the Wind , to sail to Procreation , or get a Fole by the Almanack , is very Ridiculous , and to put Painted Clothes before the Mares , to make the Foles of what Colour you would have them , is no less Ridiculous .

That , if the Horse , as soon as he hath Covered , come Down on the Right Side , it is a Horse Colt ; and if of the Left Side , it is a Filley : And if , so many Dayes after the Mare is Mounted , her Coat look Sleek , and Shines , then she hath Conceaved ; if it do not Shine , she hath not Conceaved , are all Tales to Tell to Children , rather than to Men of Reason and Discretion ; all Mountebank-ship and Fooleries : and to make the Horse Lusty , and the Mares , there is little or nothing in it .

Mr. Blundevil Reasons thus : That for as much , as all Mares do Fole Standing . Wherein certainly he took his Note out of some Learned Author , as Aristotle , or the like ; for I will Assure you , That never any Mare in the World did Fole Standing : If she did , the Fole would break his Neck ; For , he comes into the World with his Head first , and his two Feet on both sides of his Head . No! The Mare is in too great Pain to Fole Standing , and therefore she Lies Down , and Foles so .

Mr. Blundevil sayes , There is a thing Growes in the Foles Fore-head like a Figg , which the Mare commonly Bites off , which is called Hippomenes ; and if it be Taken , it doth Miraculous Things in Love-Matters , which he was Loath to Write of . Truly he was Over-careful , with all his Old Writers ; and , in my Conscience , if it could be Got , it would do Miraculous Things , not only in Love , but in every Thing else . But the Truth of this Business , is , That never any such thing did Grow upon any Foles Fore-head ; and therefore could never be Bitt off by the Mare . No doubt but that Mistake is caused by the Secondine , or Clean , or Bagg , in which the Fole Lies , whereof all the Strings meets at the End , which looks like a little Knot , and that hangs Loose upon the Foles Head ; but when the Fole is Foled , That , and the Bagg , goes together ; for it is all one Thing .

Mr. Blundevil bids us take Heed , That the Mare do not Eat that Bagg , or Secondine , Because the Country Wives Kye do so . But I have Enquired of the Country-Men , and they say , Not one Cow in a Hundred does do it : And for Mares , I will assure you , They Never do it : And if you Ask , What they do with it ? I say , They let it Lie there , and trouble themselves no more with it .

Mr. Blundevil condemns those that Take the Foles , to be taken Off at Martlemas ; Because , according to his old Learned Authors , he would have them Suck two Years at least : That is , he would have them Heavy , Flaby Jades , besides the Loss of the Fruitfulness of his Mares ; wherein his old Authors are very much deceived .

Then he sayes , That the Foles Leggs are as Long when they are Foled , as ever afterward ; wherein he is very much Deceived : Does he think , that the Body only Grows , and the Leggs not at all ? A very Ridiculous Opinion ! For , look at the Foles Leggs , and the Mares , and you shall find the Mares Leggs are Longer a great deal . Can any man think , That a Gray-Hounds-Whelp , as soon as he is Whelpt , hath his Leggs as Long as when he is a Dogg ? It is Ridiculous .

To know , Which Fole will have the Best Spirit , by Running fore-most , and Leaping of Hedges and Rayls ; is quite contrary to the Experience I had once of a Colt , that Nothing would keep in , Leaping over all things he came near ; and when he came to be Ridd , the Dullest Jade that could be .

To know by their Feet , and much of White , That they are not Long-Lived , is as false a Rule , as any He hath set down .

His Reckoning Horses Teeth , is beyond the Number of what ever any Horse had ; and that every Horse hath two Tushes Below , and two Above , is , I assure you , True . Some Horses ( say they ) have no Tushes at all , and they commonly ill-natured , being something of the Mare ; but as there is not One in a Hundred but have Tushes , so there is not One Mare in a Hundred that have Any ; and those that have , are ill-natured , participating too much of the Horse ; and both are a kind of Hermaphroditical Compositions . Thus you see , how Learned People ( with their old Authors ) are Deceived .