Part 21

Tillage of ground, and keeping Cattle, was in old time the care of Kings and Noble-men; at this Day only of the meanest sort of People, Cultus Agrorum, & res pecuaria, antiquissimis temporibus, erat cura Regum, Heroum; hodie tantum infirmæ Plebis,

The Neat-heard, 1. calleth out the Heards, 2. out of the Beast-houses, 3. with a Horn, 4. and driveth them to feed. Bubulcus, 1. evocat Armenta, 2. è Bovilibus, 3. Buccina (Cornu), 4, & ducit pastum.

The Shepherd, 5. feedeth his Flock, 6. being furnished with a Pipe, 7. and a Scrip, 8. and a Sheep-hook, 9. Opilio (Pastor), 5. pascit Gregem, 6. instructus Fistula, 7. & Pera, 8. ut & Pedo, 9. having with him a great Dog, 10. fenced with a Collar, 11. against the Wolves. habens secum Molossum, 10. munitum Millo, 11. contra Lupos.

Swine, 12. are fed out of a Swine-Trough. Sues, 12. saginantur ex aqualiculo haræ.

The Farmer’s Wife, 13. milketh the Udders of the Cow, 15. at the Cratch, 15. over a milk-pale, 16. Villica, 13. mulget Ubera vaccæ, 14. ad Præsepe, 15. super mulctra, 16. and maketh Butter of Cream in a Churn, 17. and Cheeses, 18. of Curds. et facit Butyrum è flore lactis, in Vase butyraceo, 17. et Caseos, 18. è Coagulo.

The Wool, 19. is shorn from Sheep, whereof several Garments are made. Lana, 19. detondetur Ovibus, ex quà variæ Vestes conficiuntur.

XLVIII.

The making of Honey. Mellificium.

The Bees send out a swarm, 1. and set over it a Leader, 2. Apes emittunt Examen, 1. adduntque illi Ducem (Regem), 2.

That swarm being ready to fly away is recalled by the Tinkling of a brazen Vessel, 3. and is put up into a new Hive, 4. Examen illud, avolaturum, revocatur tinnitu Vasis ænei, 3. & includitur novo Alveari, 4.

They make little Cells with six corners, 5. and fill them with Honey-dew, and make Combs, 6. out of which the Honey runneth, 7. Struunt Cellulas sexangulares, 5. et complent eas Melligine, & faciunt Favos, 6. è quibus Mel effluit, 7.

The Partitions being melted by fire, turn into Wax, 8. Crates liquati igne abeunt in Ceram, 8.

XLIX.

Grinding. Molitura.

In a Mill, 1. a Stone, 2. runneth upon a stone, 3. In Mola, Lapis, 2. currit super lapidem, 3,

A Wheel, 4. turning them about and grindeth Corn poured in by a Hopper, 5. Rota, 4. circumagente, et conterit grana infusa per Infundibulum, 5. and parteth the Bran, 6. falling into the Trough, 7. from the Meal slipping through a Bolter, 8. separatque Furfurem, 6. decidentem in Cistam, 7. à Farina (Polline) elabente per Excussorium, 8.

Such a Mill was first a Hand-mill, 9. then a Horse-mill, 10. then a Water-mill, 11. then a Ship-mill, 12. and at last a Wind-mill, 13. Talis Mola primùm fuit Manuaria, 9. deinde Jumentaria, 10. tum Aquatica, 11. & Navalis, 12. tandem, Alata (pneumatica), 13.

Bread-baking. Panificium.

The Baker, 1. sifteth the Meal in a Rindge, 2. and putteth it into the Kneading-trough, 3. Pistor, 1. cernit Farinam Cribo, 2. (pollinario) & indit Mactræ, 3.

Then he poureth water to it and maketh Dough, 4. and kneadeth it with a wooden slice, 5. Tum affundit aquam, & facit Massam, 4. depsitque spatha, 5. ligneâ.

Then he maketh Loaves, 6. Cakes, 7. Cimnels, 8. Rolls, 9, &c. Dein format Panes, 6. Placentas, 7. Similas, 8. Spiras, 9. &c.

Afterwards he setteth them on a Peel, 10. and putteth them thorow the Oven-mouth, 12. into the Oven, 11. Post imponit Palæ, 10. & ingerit Furno, 11. per Præfurnium, 12.

But first he pulleth out the fire and the Coals with a Coal-rake, 13. which he layeth on a heap underneath, 14. Sed priùs eruit ignem & Carbones Rutabulo, 13. quos congerit infra, 14.

And thus is Bread baked, having the Crust without, 15. and the Crumb within, 16. Et sic Panis pinsitur habens extra Crustam, 15. intus Micam, 16.

LI.

Fishing. Piscatio.

The Fisher-man, 1. catcheth fish, either on the Shoar, with an Hook, 2. Piscator, 1. captat pisces, sive in littore, Hamo, 2. which hangeth by a Line from the angling-rod, on which the Bait sticketh; qui pendet filo ab arundine, & cui Esca inhæret; or with a Cleek-net, 3. which hangeth on a Pole, 4. is put into the Water; sive Fundâ, 3. quæ pendens Pertica, 4. immittitur aquæ; or in a Boat, 5. with a Trammel-net, 6. or with a Wheel, 7. which is laid in the Water by Night. sive in Cymba, 5. Reti, 6. sive Nassa, 7. quæ demergitur per Noctem.

LII.