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_Quick-silver_
is always liquid,
and eateth thorow _Metals_.
_Argentum Vivum_,
semper liquet,
& corrodit _Metalla_.
XII.
Stones.
Lapides.
[Illustration]
_Sand_, 1. and _Gravel_, 2.
is _Stone_ broken into bits.
_Arena_, 1. & _Sabulum_, 2.
est _Lapis_ comminutus.
A _great Stone_, 3.
is a piece of
a _Rock_ (or Crag) 4.
_Saxum_, 3.
est pars
_Petræ_ (Cautis) 4.
A _Whetstone_, 5.
a _Flint_, 6. a _Marble_, 7. &c.
are ordinary Stones.
_Cos_, 5.
_Silex_, 6. _Marmor_, 7. &c.
sunt obscuri Lapides.
A _Load-stone_, 8.
draweth Iron to it.
_Magnes_, 8.
adtrahit ferrum.
_Jewels_, 9.
are clear Stones, as
_Gemmæ_, 9.
sunt pellucidi Lapilli,
The _Diamond_ white
ut _Adamas_ candidus,
The _Ruby_ red,
_Rubinus_ rubeus,
The _Sapphire_ blue,
_Sapphirus_ cæruleus,
The _Emerald_ green,
_Smaragdus_ viridis,
The _Jacinth_ yellow, &c.
_Hyacynthus_ luteus, &c.
And they glister
being cut into corners.
et micant
angulati.
_Pearls_ and _Unions_, 10.
grow in Shell-fish.
_Margaritæ_ & _Uniones_, 10.
crescunt in Conchis.
_Corals_, 11.
in a Sea-shrub.
_Corallia_, 11.
in Marinâ arbusculâ.
_Amber_, 12. is gathered
from the Sea.
_Succinum_, 12. colligitur
è mari.
_Glass_, 13, is like
_Chrystal_.
_Vitrum_, 13. simile est
_Chrystallo_.
XIII.
Tree.
Arbor.
[Illustration]
A _Plant_, 1. groweth
from a _Seed_.
_Planta_, 1. procrescit
e _Semine_.
A plant waxeth
to a _Shoot_, 2.
Planta abit
in _Fruticem_, 2.
A _Shoot_ to a _Tree_, 3.
_Frutex_ in _Arborem_, 3.
The _Root_, 4.
beareth up the Tree.
_Radix_, 4.
Sustentat arborem.
The _Body_ or _Stem_, 5.
riseth from the Root.
_Stirps_ (_Stemma_) 5.
Surgit e radice.
The _Stem_ divideth it self
into _Boughs_, 6.
and green _Branches_, 7.
made of _Leaves_, 8.
_Stirps_ se dividit
in _Ramos_, 6.
& _Frondes_, 7.
factas e _Foliis_, 8.
The _top_, 9.
is in the height.
_Cacumen_, 9.
est in summo.
The _Stock_, 10.
is close to the roots.
_Truncus_, 10.
adhærat radicibus.
A _Log_, 11.
is the body fell’d down
without Boughs; having
_Bark_ and _Rind_, 12.
_Pith_ and _Heart_, 13.
_Caudex_, 11.
est Stipes dejectus,
sine ramis; habens
_Corticem_ & _Librum_, 12.
_pulpam_ & _medullam_, 13.
_Bird-lime_, 14.
groweth upon the boughs,
which also sweat
_Gumm_,
_Rosin_,
_Pitch_, &c.
_Viscum_, 14.
adnascitur _ramis_,
qui etiam sudant,
_Gummi_,
_Resinam_,
_Picem_, &c.
XIV.
Fruits of Trees.
Fructus Arborum.
[Illustration]
_Fruits_ that have no shells
are pull’d from
fruit-bearing trees.
_Poma_
decerpuntur, a
fructiferis arboribus.
The _Apple_, 1. is round.
_Malum_, 1. est rotundum.
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