[Sidenote: Men have various opinions about foals.] mare in the begynnynge of the moone, after it be prime, 32 he shall gete a horse-foole. And some men saye the contrary: that if he be putte to the mare in the olde of the mone, he shoulde gete horse-fooles. And I saye, it maketh noo matter, whether: for this cause I haue 36 [Sidenote: I have 60 horses myself.] proued. I haue my selfe .lx. mares and more, able to [Sidenote: [Fol. 41.]] beare the horse, and from Maye daye vnto saynte Barthylmewes daye, I have .v. or .vi. horses goynge with theym bothe daye and nyghte, and at the foolynge-tyme 40 I haue vpon one daye a horse-fole, and on the nexte daye, or seconde, a mare-fole, and on the thirde or fourth day next after, a horse-fole agayne, and soo euery weke of bothe sortes, and by theyr opynyon or reason, 44 I shulde haue .xiiii. dayes together horse-fooles, and [Sidenote: With men who speak sophistically,] other .xiiii. dayes together mare-foles. And me semethe, that those men that holde that opinyon, speke sophystycallye; that if soo be they layde any wagers thervppon, 48 that they shoulde bothe wynne in theyr owne conceyte by this reason. Whether it were gette in the newe of [Sidenote: a filly may be called a horse-foal; and a colt may be called a mare-foal.] the mone or in the olde of the mone, it is a horse-foole, bycause a horse gate it, though it be a felly-fole; and it 52 is a mare-fole, bycause a mare fooled it, thoughe it be a horse-colte. And so (_Diuersis respectibus_) theyr opynions maye be trewe. But of one thynge I am certayne, that some one horse wyll gette more horse-fooles than 56 other horse wyll doo, and lyke wyse a mare wyll beare moo mare-fooles than some other mare wyll do, thoughe they be horsed bothe with one horse. Me semeth there is no reason why, but the lustynes of the nature of bothe 60 [Sidenote: [Fol. 41_b_.]] partes, whether of them shall haue the domination. But and ye haue mares of dyuers colours, than do as I do, seuer them in diuers parcels, and put to your [Sidenote: With white mares put a gray horse.] white mares a grey horse, or a whyte horse that hath 64 noo whyte rathe in the foreheed; and to your grey mares a white horse, so that he be not al white-skynned aboute the mouthe. And to your mares of colour, that haue no white vpon them, a coloured horse that hath 68 moch white on hym, and to your coloured mares of mayne whyte, a horse of colour of mayn whyte. And thus shal ye haue well coloured coltes. It maketh noo mater of what colour the horse be, soo he be neyther 72 [Sidenote: Put not a white horse with a coloured mare.] whyte nor grey. For if ye put a whyte horse to a coloured mare, she shall haue moste comonly a sandy