Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
The true judgment of a
thing is _Knowledge_;
the false, is _Error_,
_Opinion_ and _Suspicion_.
Vera cognitio
rei, est _Scientia_;
falsa, _Error_,
_Opinio_, _Suspicio_.
XLIV.
Deformed and Monstrous People.
Deformes & Monstrosi.
[Illustration]
_Monstrous_ and
_deformed_ People are those
which differ in the Body
from the ordinary shape,
_Monstrosi_, &
_deformes_ sunt
abeuntes corpore
à communi formâ,
as the huge _Gyant_, 1.
the little _Dwarf_, 2.
One with _two Bodies_, 3.
One with _two Heads_, 4.
and such like Monsters.
ut sunt, immanis _Gigas_,
nanus (_Pumilio_), 2.
_Bicorpor_, 3.
_Biceps_, 4.
& id genus monstra.
Amongst these are reckoned,
The _jolt-headed_, 5.
The great _nosed_, 6.
The _blubber-lipped_, 7.
His accensentur,
_Capito_, 5.
_Naso_, 6.
_Labeo_, 7.
The _blub-cheeked_, 8.
The _goggle-eyed_, 9.
The _wry-necked_, 10.
The _great-throated_, 11.
_Bucco_, 8.
_Strabo_, 9.
_Obstipus_, 10.
_Strumosus_, 11.
The _Crump-backed_, 12.
The _Crump-footed_, 13.
The _steeple-crowned_, 15.
add to these
The _Bald-pated_, 14.
_Gibbosus_, 12.
_Loripes_, 13.
_Cilo_, 15.
adde
_Calvastrum_, 14.
XLV.
The Dressing of Gardens.
Hortorum cultura.
[Illustration]
We have seen Man:
Now let us go on to
Man’s _living_, and to
_Handy-craft-Trades_,
which tend to it.
Vidimus hominem:
Jam pergamus ad
_Victum_ hominis, & ad
_Artes Mechanicas_,
quæ huc faciunt.
The first and most ancient
_sustenance_, were the
_Fruits of the Earth_.
Primus & antiquissimus
_Victus_, erant
_Fruges Terræ_.
Hereupon the first
labour of Adam, was
_the dressing of a garden_.
Hinc primus
Labor Adami,
_Horti cultura_.
The _Gardener_, 1.
diggeth in a _Garden-plot_,
with a _Spade_, 2.
or _Mattock_, 3.
_Hortulanus_ (Olitor), 1.
fodit in _Viridario_,
_Ligone_, 2.
aut _Bipalio_, 3.
and maketh _Beds_, 4.
and places wherein to plant _Trees_, 5.
on which he setteth
_Seeds_ and _Plants_.
facitque _Pulvinos_, 4.
ac _Plantaria_, 5.
quibus inserit
_Semina_ & _Plantas_.
The _Tree-Gardener_, 6.
planteth Trees, 7.
in an _Orchard_,
and grafteth _Cyons_, 8.
in _Stocks_, 9.
_Arborator_, 6.
plantat Arbores, 7.
in _Pomario_,
_inseritque Surculos_, 8.
_Viviradicibus_, 9.
He fenceth his Garden,
either by care,
with a _mound_, 10.
or a _Stone-wall_, 11.
or a _rail_, 12.
Sepit hortum
vel Cura,
_Muro_, 10.
aut _Macerie_, 11.
aut _Vacerra_, 12.
or _Pales_, 13.
or a _Hedge_, 14.
made of _Hedge-stakes_,
and _bindings_;
aut _Plancis_, 13.
aut _Sepe_, 14.
flexâ è _sudibus_
& _vitilibus_;
Or by Nature, with
_Brambles_ and _Bryers_, 15.
Vel Natura
_Dumis_ & _Vepribus_, 15.
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