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The Horse-leech, 13. sucketh blood. Hirudo, 13. sugit sanguinem.

XXXV.

Sea-fish, and Shell-fish. Marini pisces & Conchæ.

The Whale, 1. is the greatest of the Sea-fish. Balæna, (Cetus) 1. maximus Piscium marinorum.

The Dolphin, 2. the swiftest. Delphinus, 2. velocissimus.

The Scate, 3. the most monstrous. Raia, 3. monstrosissimus.

Others are the Lamprel, 4. the Salmon, or the Lax, 5. Alii sunt Murænula, 4. Salmo, (Esox) 5.

There are also fish that flie, 6. Dantur etiam volatiles, 6.

Add Herrings, 7. which are brought pickled, and Place, 8. and Cods, 9. which are brought dry; Adde Haleces, 7. qui salsi, & Passeres, 8. cum Asellis, 9. qui adferuntur arefacti; and the Sea monsters, the Seal. 10. and the Sea-horse, &c. & monstra marina, Phocam, 10. Hippopotamum, &c.

Shell-fish, 11. have Shells. Concha, 11. habet testas,

The Oyster, 12. affordeth sweet meat. Ostrea, 12. dat sapidam carnem.

The Purple-fish, 13. purple; Murex, 13. purpuram;

The others, Pearls, 14. Alii, 14. Margaritas.

XXXVI.

Man. Homo.

Adam, 1. the first Man, was made by God after his own Image the sixth day of the Creation, of a lump of Earth. Adamus, 1. primus Homo, formatus est a Deo ad Imaginem suam sextâ die Creationis, e Gleba Terræ.

And Eve, 2. the first Woman, was made of the Rib of the Man. Et Eva, 2. prima mulier, formata est e costâ viri.

These, being tempted by the Devil under the shape of a Serpent, 3. when they had eaten of the fruit of the forbidden Tree, 4. Hi, seducti à Diabolo sub specie Serpentis, 3. cum comederent de fructu vetitæ arboris, 4. were condemned, 5. to misery and death, with all their posterity, and cast out of Paradise, 6. damnati sunt, 5. ad miseriam & mortem, cum omni posteritate sua, & ejecti e Paradiso 6.

XXXVII.

The Seven Ages of Man. Septem Ætates Hominis.

A Man is first an Infant, 1. then a Boy, 2. then a Youth, 3. then a Young-man, 4. inde Juvenis, 4. Homo est primum Infans, 1. deinde Puer, 2. tum Adolescens, 3. then a Man, 5. after that an Elderly-man, 6. and at last, a decrepid old man, 7. posteà Vir, 5. dehinc Senex, 6. tandem Silicernium, 7.

So also in the other Sex, there are, a Girl, 8. A Damosel, 9. a Maid, 10. Sic etiam in altero Sexu, sunt, Pupa, 8. Puella, 9. Virgo, 10. A Woman, 11. an elderly Woman, 12. and a decrepid old Woman, 13. Mulier, 11. Vetula, 12. Anus decrepita, 13.

XXXVIII.

The Outward Parts of a Man. Membra Hominis Externa.

The Head, 1. is above, the Feet, 20. below. Caput, 1. est supra, infra Pedes, 20. the fore part of the Neck (which ends at the Arm-holes, 2.) is the Throat, 3. the hinder part, the Crag, 4. Anterior pars Colli (quod desit in Axillas, 2.) est Jugulum, 3. posterior Cervix, 4.

The Breast, 5, is before; the back, 6, behind; Women have in it two Dugs, 7. with Nipples, Pectus, 5. est ante; Dorsum, 6. retro; Fœeminis sunt in illo binæ Mammæ, 7. cum Papillis.

Under the Breast is the Belly, 9. in the middle of it the Navel, 10. underneath the Groyn, 11. and the privities. Sub pectore est Venter, 9. in ejus medio, Umbelicus, 10. subtus Inguen, 11. & pudenda.

The Shoulder-blades, 12. are behind the back, on which the Shoulders depend, 13. Scapulæ, 12. sunt a tergo, â quibus pendent humeri, 13. on these the Arms, 14. with the Elbow, 15. and then on either side the Hands, the right, 8. and the left, 16. ab his Brachia, 14. cum Cubito, 15. inde ad utrumque Latus, Manus, Dextera, 8. & Sinistra, 16.

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