The Father maintaineth his Children by taking pains, 15. Pater sustentat Liberos, laborando, 15.
CXXI.
The Society betwixt Masters and Servants. Societas herilis.
The Master (the goodman of the House), 1. hath Men-servants, 2. Herus (Pater familias), 1. habet Famulos (Servos), 2. the Mistress (the good wife of the House), 3. Maidens, 4. Hera (Mater familias), 3. Ancillas, 4.
They appoint these their Work, 6. and divide them their tasks, 5. which are faithfully to be done by them Illi mandant his Opera, 6. & distribuunt Laborum Pensa, 5. quæ ab his fideliter sunt exsequenda without murmuring and loss: for which their Wages, and Meat and Drink is allowed them. sine murmure & dispendio; pro quo Merces & Alimonia præbentur ipsis.
A Servant was heretofore a Slave, over whom the Master had power of life and death. Servus olim erat Mancipium, in quem Domino potestas fuit vitæ & necis
At this day the poorer sort serve in a free manner, being hired for Wages. Hodiè pauperiores serviunt liberè, conducti mercede.
CXXII.
A City. Urbs.
Of many Houses is made a Village, 1. or a Town, or a City, 2. Ex multis Domibus fit Pagus, 1. vel Oppidum, vel Urbs, 2.
That and this are fenced and begirt with a Wall, 3. a Trench, 4. Bulwarks, 5. and Pallisadoes, 6. Istud & hæc muniuntur & cinguntur Mœnibus (Muro), 3. Vallo, 4. Aggeribus, 5. & Vallis, 6.
Within the Walls is the void Place, 7. without, the Ditch, 8. Intra muros est Pomœrium, 7. extrà, Fossa, 8.
In the Walls are Fortresses, 9. and Towers, 10. Watch-Towers, 11. are upon the higher places. In mœnibus sunt Propugnacula, 9. & Turres, 10. Specula, 11. extant in editioribus locis.
The entrance into a City is made out of the Suburbs, 12. through Gates, 13. over the Bridge, 14. Ingressus in Urbem fit ex Suburbio, 12. per Portam, 13. super Pontem, 14.
The Gate hath a Portcullis, 15. a Draw-bridge, 16. two-leaved Doors, 17. Porta habet Cataractas, 15. Pontem versatilem, 16. Valvas, 17. Locks and Bolts, as also Barrs, 18. Claustra & Repagula, ut & Vectes, 18.
In the Suburbs are Gardens, 19. and Garden-houses, 20. and also Burying-places, 21. In Suburbiis sunt Horti, 19. & Suburbana, 20. ut & Cœmeteria, 21.
CXXIII.
The inward parts of a City. Interiora Urbis.
Within the City are Streets, 1. paved with Stones; Intra urbem sunt Plateæ (Vici), 1. stratæ Lapidibus; Market-places, 2. (in some places with Galleries), 3. and narrow Lanes, 4. Fora, 2. (alicubi cum Porticibus), 3. & Angiportus, 4.
The Publick Buildings are in the middle of the City, the Church, 5. the School, 6. the Guild-Hall, 7. the Exchange, 8. Publica ædificia sunt in medio Urbis, Templum, 5. Schola, 6. Curia, 7. Domus Mercaturæ, 8.
About the Walls and the Gates are the Magazine, 9. the Granary, 10. Inns, Ale-houses, Circa Mœnia, & Portas Armamentarium, 9. Granarium, 10. Diversoria, Popinæ, Cooks-shops, 11. the Play-house, 12. and the Spittle, 13. & Cauponæ, 11. Theatrum, 12. Nosodochium, 13.
In the by-places are Houses of Office, 14. and the Prison, 15. In recessibus, Foricæ (Cloacæ), 14. & Custodia (Carcer), 15.
In the chief Steeple is the Clock, 16. and the Watchmans Dwelling, 17. In turre primariâ est Horologium, 16. & habitatio Vigilum, 17.
In the Streets are Wells, 18. In Plateis sunt Putei, 18.
The River, 19. or Beck, runneth about the City, serveth to wash away the filth. Fluvius, 19. vel Rivus, interfluens Urbem, inservit eluendis sordibus.
The Tower, 20. standeth in the highest part of the City. Arx, 20. extat in summo Urbis.
CXXIV.
Judgment. Judicium.
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