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VII. VER. 19.

Fradi bello, fatifque repulfi

Ductores Danaûm, tot jam labentibus annis,
Inftar montis Equum, divina Palladis arte,
Aedificant-etc.

Tradi bello, fatifque repulfi.

Tradi et repulfi, Antithefis perpulchra! Fracti frigide et vulgariter.

Equum jam Trojanum (ut vulgus loquitur) adeamus; quem fi Equam Graecam vocabis, lector, minime pecces; folae enim femellae utero geftant. Uterumque armato milite complent-Uteroque recuffo Infonuere cavae-Atque utero fonitum quater arma dederc-Inclufos utero Danaos, etc. Vox foeta non convenit maribus, -Scandit fatalis machina muros, Foeta armis-Palladem virginem, equo mari fabricando invigilare decuiffe, quis putet? Incredibile prorfus ! quamobrem existimo veram equae lectionem paffim reftituendam, nifi ubi forte, metri cauffa, equum potius quam equam,. genus pro fexu, dixit Maro. Vale! dum haec paucula corriges, majus opus moveo.

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SCRIBLERUS'S REPORTS.

Stradling verfus Stiles.

Le Report del Cafe argue en le commen Banke devant touts les Juftices de mefme le Banke, en le quart an du raygne de Roy Jacques, entre Matthew Stradling, Plant. et Peter Stiles, Def. en un Action propter certos Equos coloratos, Anglicè, Pyed Doles, poft. per le dit Matthew vers le dit Peter.

Le recitel

del Cafe.

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R John Swale, of Swale-Hall in Swale-Dale faft by the River Swale, kt. made his Laft Will and Teftament: In which, among other Bequests was this, viz. Out of the kind Love and Respect that I bear unto my much honoured and good Friend Mr. Matthew Stradling, Gent. I do bequeath unto the said Matthew Stradling, Gent. all my black and white Horfes

The Teftator had fir black Hozles, fix white Hozles, and fir pyed Hozles.

The Debate therefore was, Whe

Le Point. ther by no the faid Matthew Stradling fhould have the faid pyed Bozles by

Wirtue of the laid Bequeft.

Pour le Pl. Atkins Apprentice pour le Pl. moy lemble que le Pl. recovera.

And first of all it Teemeth expedient to con ficer what is the Nature of Horfes, and alfo what is the Nature of Colours; and fo the argument will confequently divide itfelf in a twofold way, that is to fay, the Formal Part and Subftantial Part. Horfes are the Subftantial Part, of thing bequeathed: Black and White the Formal 02 defcriptive Part.

Horse, in a phyfical Senfe, doth impost a certain Quadrupede or four-footed Animal, which by the apt and regular Difpofition of certain proper and convenient Parts, is adapted, fitted and constituted for the Ufe and Need of Man. ea, lo neceflary and conducive was this Animal-conceived to be to the Behoof of the Commonweal, that fundzy and divers Acts of Parliament habe from time to time been made in Favour of Horfes.

ift Edward VI. Makes the Transposting of Horfes out of the Kingdom, no sess a Penalty than the Forfeiture of 401.

2d and 3d Edward VI. Takes from Horseftealers the Benefit of their Clergy.

And the Statutes of the 27th and 32d of Henry VIII. condescend fo far as to take Care of their very Breed: hele our wife Anceffozs' p¿udently fozeseeing, that they could not better take care of their own Posterity, than by also taking care of that of their Horfes.

Ind of lo great eftem are Horses in the Eye of the Common Law, that when a Knight of the Bath committeth any great and enormous Crime, his Punishment is to have his Spurs chopt off with a Clever, bring, as after Bracton karll oblerveth, unworthy to ride on a Horse.

Littleton, Sect. 315. faith, fenants in Com mon make a Leafe referving foz Rent a Horse, they all have but one afsize, becaufe, faid the Book, the Lam will not fuffer a Horfe to be fevered. Another Argument of what high Elimas tion the Law maketh of an ozte.

But as the great difference fœmeth not to be To much touching the substantial Part, Horfes, let us procced to the fozmal oz defcriptive Dart, viż. What Yozles they are that come within this Bequeft.

Colours are commonly of various Kinds and different Sorts; of which White and Black are the

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