Chapter 7, Item 44a
Horse bit types
There are several sorts of Bits, as
The Upset Mouth, with one Plight within another.
The Musrole Snaffle.
The Whole Port.
The Broken Port.
The Canon Bit.
The Catts foot Bit.
The Halfe Bit.
The Scache Bit.
The Halfe canon Bit.
The Halfe scach, or Halfe cheeke Bit.
The Mellon Bit.
The Bastonet Bit.
The Campanell or Bell Bit
The Peare Bit.
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Chapter 7, Item 44b
Horse bit parts
The several parts of a Bit, or Snaffle, or Curb Bit.
The Mouth-peece, or Bit, or Canon Bit.
The Cheeks, and the Eyes thereof, the Upper and Lowere Eyes; that is the Holes therein.
The Gard or the Cheek, is that part which extendeth from the nether Eye, sustaining the Ieiue downwards.
The Head of the Cheek, which the French call Stanghetta, containeth the great Eye where the Ieiue is fastened, and a little Hole above that, for the Water Chain: And the Upper eye, whereto the Portsmouth is put and there is made sure and fast.
The Port, is the Mouth peice made whole with a square or half round in the middle, therefore called the Port Bit.
The Weltes.
The Campanell.
The Corb, and Hook, is the Chain and Hook under the Horse Chops.
The Bosses, are the Brass Bobbs set to the Cheeks, for and Adornment to the Bit.
The Bolsters, and Rabbets, are them as beare the Bosses of the sides or Cheeks of the Bit, and Ravets them fast to the Cheeks.
The two Water Chains, or Water Chain, and the Nether Chain.
The Side Bolts.
The Bolts and Rings, for the Bridle raines: or Rolls, Rings, and Buttons.
The Kirbies of the Bit, or Corbe.
The Trench.
The Flap. The Top Roll.
The Jeiue.
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