Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
From it a _Cloud_, 2.
is made, and a _white Mist_, 3.
near the Earth.
Inde _Nubes_, 2.
fit, et _Nebula_, 3.
prope terram.
_Rain_, 4.
and a small _Shower_
distilleth out of a _Cloud_,
drop by drop.
_Pluvia_, 4.
et _Imber_,
stillat e _Nube_,
guttatim.
Which being frozen, is _Hail_, 5.
half frozen is _Snow_, 6.
being warm is _Mel-dew_.
Quæ gelata, _Grando_, 5.
semigelata, _Nix_, 6.
calefacta, _Rubigo_ est.
In a rainy Cloud,
set over against the Sun
the _Rainbow_, 7. appeareth.
In nube pluviosâ,
oppositâ soli
_Iris_, 7. apparet.
A _drop_ falling into the water
maketh a _Bubble_, 8.
many _Bubbles_ make
froth, 9.
_Gutta_ incidens in aquam,
facit _Bullam_, 8.
multæ _Bullæ_ faciunt
spumam, 9.
Frozen Water
is called _Ice_, 10.
_Dew_ congealed,
is called a _white Frost_.
Aqua congelata
_Glacies_, 10.
_Ros_ congelatus,
dicitur _Pruina_.
_Thunder_ is made of
a brimstone-like _vapour_,
which breaking out of a Cloud,
with _Lightning_, 11.
thundereth and
striketh with lightning.
_Tonitru_ fit ex
_Vapore_ sulphureo,
quod erumpens è Nube
cum _Fulgure_, 11.
tonat &
fulminat.
IX.
The Earth.
Terra.
[Illustration]
In the _Earth_
are high _Mountains_, 1.
Deep _Vallies_, 2.
_Hills_ rising, 3.
In _Terra_
sunt Alti _Montes_, 1.
Profundæ _valles_, 2.
Elevati Colles, 3.
Hollow Caves, 4.
Plain _Fields_, 5.
Shady _Woods_, 6.
cavæ Speluncæ, 4.
Plani _campi_, 5.
Opacæ Sylvæ, 6.
X.
The Fruits of the Earth.
Terræ Fœtus.
[Illustration]
A _meadow_, 1.
yieldeth _grass_
with _Flowers_ and _Herbs_,
which being cut down,
are made _Hay_, 2.
_Pratum_, 1.
fert _Gramina_,
cum _Floribus_ & _Herbis_
quæ defecta
fiunt _Fænum_, 2.
A _Field_, 3. yieldeth _Corn_,
and _Pot-herbs_, 4.
_Arvum_, 3. fert _Fruges_,
& _Olera_, 4.
_Mushrooms_, 5.
_Straw-berries_, 6.
_Myrtle-trees_, &c.
_come up_ in Woods.
_Fungi_, 5.
_Fraga_, 6.
_Myrtilli_, &c.
_Proveniunt_ in Sylvis.
_Metals_, _Stones_, and
_Minerals_
grow _under the earth_.
_Metalla_, _Lapides_,
_Mineralia_,
_nascuntur sub terra_.
XI.
Metals.
Metalla.
[Illustration]
_Lead_, 1.
is soft, and heavy.
_Plumbum_, 1.
est molle & grave.
_Iron_, 2. is hard,
and _Steel_, 3. harder.
_Ferrum_, 2. est durum,
& _Calybs_, 3. durior.
They make _Tankards_
(or _Cans_), 4. of _Tin_.
_Kettles_, 5. of _Copper_,
_Candlesticks_, 6. of _Latin_,
Faciunt _Cantharos_, 4.
e _Stanno_.
_Ahena_, 5, e _Cupro_,
_Candelabra_, 6. ex _Orichalco_,
_Dollers_, 7. of _Silver_,
_Ducats_ and _Crown-pieces_, 8.
of Gold.
_Thaleros_, 7. ex _Argento_,
_Scutatos_ et _Coronatos_, 8.
Ex, _Auro_.
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