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CHAPTER X.
horse-shoeing in the 16th and 17th centuries. influence of the italian hippiatrists. different forms of shoes in england. escape of charles ii. an observant farrier. the farriers' company. the edinburgh hammermens' corporation.marston moor shoe. thomas blundevil. italian technical terms. blundevil's art of shoeing. the ‘butter.’ its derivation. manner of making and putting-on shoes. unprofitable devices. the german and italian anti-slipping shoes. shoes without nails. jointed shoes. every gentleman could shoe his horse in germany. the ‘planche’ shoe. injurious results of blundevil's teaching. baret and markham. snape. france. the marechaux ferrants. solleysel. royal farriers. home's translation of solleysel. shoeing in france.
For the remainder of this history, we will confine our attention to England and France, alone; countries which have vied with each other in researches into the functions of the horse's foot, and the best mode of protecting it by shoeing.
During the 17th century, there appears to have been an increasing desire to enhance the services of this noble animal, and, thanks to the influence of the Italian hippiatrists, the men who now began to study the horse in health and disease were capable of greatly adding to the small amount of knowledge previously possessed on the
