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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 308 Sche couthe noght hir Maidenhede Defende..And thus this maiden goth to manne.

1566 T. Blundeville Fower Offices Horsemanshippe vii. f. 21^v Puttinge straked roddes in the sight and face of the Ewes, when they went to Ramme, and of the she Goates when they wente to bucke, made all the ofsprynge of Labans flocke to be blacke and spotted.

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. E.iv^v They be as chaste as a Cowe I haue y^t goeth to Bull euery moone, with what Bull she careth not.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 117 What age dooe you thinke best for the mare to go to the Horse?

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 127*^v Yf you suffer him immediatly..to goe to the Cowe, it is certaine he may geat a Calfe.

1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes xc, in Wks. I. 793 When Mill first came to court, the vnprofiting foole..Was dull, and long, ere shee would goe to man.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 144 The dung used to the privities of a Mare with Turpentine causeth her to goe to Horse.

1729 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide iii. 132 In many Places they desire to have their Cows go to Bull about the End of July, that they may calve in March or April.

1799 Ann. Agric. 32 57 The cow would not in this way go to bull.

1892 O. R. Gleason & L. E. MacLeod Horse Bk. 93 When once the time of a mare is known, the breeder can generally regulate her going to the horse so as to have the colt appear at whatever season he considers most desirable.

1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree iv. 40 He always contrived to have his cow somewhere else when his unwelcome callers appeared... She'd gone to the bull, that was all he'd tell them.

1994 Agric. Hist. Rev. 42 6/1 During the coming year these seven new heifers, now entering their third year, will go to the bull.