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Within are Leaves, 10. with two Pages, sometimes divided with Columns, 11. and Marginal Notes, 12. Intùs sunt Folia, 10. duabis Paginis, aliquando Columnis, 11. divisa cumq; Notis Marginalibus, 12.

XCVIII.

A School. Schola.

A School, 1. is a Shop in which Young Wits are fashion’d to vertue, and it is distinguish’d into Forms. Schola, 1. est Officina, in quâ Novelli Animi formantur ad virtutem, & distinguitur in Classes.

The Master, 2. sitteth in a Chair, 3. the Scholars, 4. in Forms, 5. he teacheth, they learn. Præceptor, 2. sedet in Cathedra, 3. Discipuli, 4. in Subselliis, 5. ille docet, hi discunt.

Some things are writ down before them with Chalk on a Table, 6. Quædam præscribuntur illis Cretâ in Tabella, 6.

Some sit at a Table, and write, 7. he mendeth their Faults, 8. Quidam sedent ad Mensam, & scribunt, 7. ipse corrigit Mendas, 8.

Some stand and rehearse things committed to memory, 9. Quidam stant, & recitant mandata memoriæ, 9.

Some talk together, 10. and behave themselves wantonly and carelessly; these are chastised with a Ferrula. 11. and a Rod, 12. Quidam confabulantur, 10. ac gerunt se petulantes, & negligentes; hi castigantur Ferulâ (baculo), 11. & Virgâ, 12.

XCIX.

The Study. Museum.

The Study, 1. is a place where a Student, 2. apart from Men, sitteth alone, addicted to his Studies, Museum, 1. est locus ubi Studiosus, 2. secretus ab Hominibus, sedet solus deditus Studiis, whilst he readeth Books, 3. which being within his reach he layeth open upon a Desk, 4. dum lectitat Libros, 3. quos penes se & exponit super Pluteum, 4. and picketh all the best things out of them into his own Manual, 5. & excerpit optima quæque ex illis in Manuale suum, 5. or marketh them in them with a Dash, 6. or a little Star, 7. in the Margent. notat in illis Liturâ, 6. vel Asterisco, 7. ad Margiem.

Being to sit up late, he setteth a Candle, 8. on a Candlestick, 9. which is snuffed with Snuffers, 10. Lucubraturus, elevat Lychnum (Canelam), 8. in Candelabra, 9. qui emungitur Emunctorio, 10. before the Candle, he placeth a Screen, 11. which is green, that it may not hurt his eye-sight; ante Lynchum collocat Umbraculum, 11. quod viride est, ne hebetet oculorum aciem; richer Persons use a Taper, for a Tallow-candle stinketh and smoaketh. opulentiores utuntur Cereo nam Candela sebacea fœtet & fumigat.

A Letter, 12. is wrapped up, writ upon, 13. and sealed, 14. Epistola, 12. complicatur, inscribitur, 13. & obsignatur, 14.

Going abroad by night, he maketh use of a Lanthorn, 15. or a Torch, 16. Prodiens noctu utitur Lanterna, 15. vel Face, 16.

Arts belonging to Speech. Artes Sermones.

Grammar, 1. is conversant about Letters, 2. of which it maketh Words, 3. Grammatica, 1. versatur circa Literas, 2. ex quibus componit Voces, verba, 3. and teacheth how to utter, write, 4. put together and part them rightly. docetque eloqui, scribere, 4. construere, distinguere (interpungere) eas recte.

Rhetorick, 5. doth as it were paint, 6. a rude form, 7. of Speech Rhetorica, 5. pingit, 6. quasi rudem formam, 7. Sermonis with Oratory Flourishes, 8. such as are Figures, Elegancies, Adagies, Oratoriis Pigmentis, 8. ut sunt Figuræ, Elegantiæ, Adagia (proverbia) Apothegms, Sentences, Similies, Hierogylphicks, &c. Apothegmata, Sententiæ (Gnomæ) Similia, Hieroglyphica, &c.

Poetry, 9. gathereth these Flowers of Speech, 10. Poesis, 9. colligit hos Flores Orationis, 10. and tieth them as it were into a little Garland, 11. and so making of Prose a Poem, & colligat quasi in Corallam, 11. atque ita, faciens è prosa ligatam orationem, it maketh several sorts of Verses and Odes, and is therefore crowned with a Laurel, 12. componit varia Carmina & Hymnos (Odas) ac propterea coronatur Lauru, 12.

Musick, 13. setteth Tunes, 14. with pricks, Musica, 13. componit Melodias, 14. Notis, to which it setteth words, and so singeth alone, or in Consort, or by Voice, or Musical Instruments, 15. quibus aptat verba, atque ita cantat sola vel Concentu (Symphonia), aut voce aut Instrumentis Musicis, 15.

CI.

Musical Instruments. Instrumenta musica.

Musical Instruments are those which make a sound: Musica instrumenta sunt quæ edunt vocem:

First, when they are beaten upon, as a Cymbal, 1. with a Pestil, Primò, cum pulsantur, ut Cymbalum, 1. Pistillo, a little Bell, 2. with an Iron pellet within; or Rattle, 3. by tossing it about: Tintinnabulum, 2. intus Globulo ferreo, Crepitaculum, 3. circumversando; a Jews-Trump, 4. being put to the mouth, with the fingers; a Drum, 5. and a Kettle, 6. with a Drum-stick, 7. Crembalum, 4. ori admotum, Digito; Tympanum, 5. & Ahenum, 6. Claviculâ, 7. as also the Dulcimer, 8. with the Shepherds-harp, 9. and the Tymbrel, 10. ut & Sambuca, 8. cum Organo pastoritio, 9. & Sistrum (Crotalum), 10.

Secondly, upon which strings are stretched, and struck upon, Secundò, in quibus Chordæ intenduntur & plectuntur as the Psaltery, 11. and the Virginals, 12. with both hands; ut Nablium, 11. cum Clavircordio, 12. utrâque manu; the Lute, 13. (in which is the Neck, 14. the Belly, 15, the Pegs, 16. Testudo (Chelys), 13. (in quâ Jugum, 14. Magadium, 15. & Verticilli, 16. by which the Strings, 17. are stretched upon the Bridge, 18.) quibus Nervi, 17. intenduntur super Ponticulam, 18.) the Cittern, 19. with the right hand only, the Vial, 20. with a Bow, 21. & Cythara, 19. Dexterâ tantum, Pandura, 20. Plectro, 21. and the Harp, 23. with a Wheel within, which is turned about: the Stops, 22. in every one are touched with the left hand. & Lyra, 23. intus rotâ, quæ versatur: Dimensiones, 22. in singulis tanguntur sinistra.

At last, those which are blown, as with the mouth, Tandem quæ inflantur, ut Ore, the Flute, 24. the Shawm, 25. the Bag-pipe, 26. Fistula (Tibia), 24. Gingras, 25. Tibia utricularis, 26. the Cornet, 27. the Trumpet, 28, 29. or with Bellows, as a pair of Organs, 30. Lituus, 27. Tuba, 28. Buccina, 29. vel Follibus, ut Organum pneumaticum, 30.

CII.

Philosophy. Philosophia.

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