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It is beautified
with _Walks_, 16.
and _Galleries_, 17.
Ornatur
_Ambulacris_, 16.
& _Pergulis_, 17.
It is watered
with _Fountains_, 18.
and a _Watering-pot_, 19.
Rigatur
_Fontanis_, 18.
& _Harpagio_, 19.
XLVI.
Husbandry.
Agricultura.
[Illustration]
The _Plow-man_, 1.
yoketh _Oxen_, 3.
to a _Plough,_ 2.
_Arator_, 1.
jungit _Boves_, 3.
_Aratro_, 2.
and holding the _Plow-stilt_, 4.
in his left hand,
and the _Plow-staff_, 5.
in his right hand,
& tenens _Stivam_, 4.
lævâ,
_Rallum_, 5.
dextrâ,
with which he removeth
_Clods_, 6.
he cutteth the Land,
(which was manured afore
with _Dung_, 8.)
quâ amovet
_Glebas_, 6.
scindit terram
(stercoratam antea
_Fimo_, 8.)
with a _Share_, 7.
and a _Coulter_,
and maketh _furrows_, 9.
_Vomere_, 7.
et _Dentali_,
facitque _Sulcos_, 9.
Then he _soweth_
the _Seed_, 10.
and harroweth it in
with a _Harrow_, 11.
Tum _seminat_
_Semen_, 10.
& inoccat
_Occâ_, 11.
The _Reaper_, 12.
sheareth the ripe corn
with a _Sickle_, 13.
gathereth up the _handfuls_, 14.
and bindeth the _Sheaves_, 15.
_Messor_, 12.
metit fruges maturas
_Falce messoris_, 13.
colligit _Manipulos_, 14.
& colligat _Mergetes_, 15.
The _Thrasher_, 16.
thrasheth Corn
on the _Barn-floor_, 17.
with a _Flayl_, 18.
_Tritor_, 16.
triturat frumentum
in _Area Horrei_, 17.
_Flagello_ (tribula), 18.
tosseth it in a _winnowing-basket_, 19.
and so when the _Chaff_,
and the _Straw_, 20.
are separated from it,
he putteth it into _Sacks_, 12.
jactat _ventilabro_, 19.
atque ita _Paleâ_
& _Stramine_, 20.
separatâ,
congerit in _Saccos_, 21.
The _Mower_, 22.
maketh _Hay_
in a _Meadow_,
cutting down _Grass_
with a _Sithe_, 23.
_Fœniseca_, 22.
facit _Fœnum_
in _Prato_,
desecans _Gramen_
_Falce fœnaria_, 23.
and raketh it together
with a _Rake_, 24.
and maketh up _Cocks_, 26.
with a _fork_, 25,
and carrieth it on _Carriages_, 27.
into the _Hay-barn_, 28.
corraditque
_Rastro_, 24.
componit _Acervos_, 26.
_Furca_, 25.
& convehit _Vehibus_, 27.
in _Fœnile_, 28.
XLVII.
Grasing.
Pecuaria.
[Illustration]
_Tillage of ground_,
and _keeping Cattle_,
was in old time
the care of Kings and Noble-men;
at this Day only
of the meanest sort of People,
_Cultus Agrorum_,
& _res pecuaria_,
antiquissimis temporibus, erat
cura Regum, Heroum;
hodie tantum
infirmæ Plebis,
The _Neat-heard_, 1.
calleth out the _Heards_, 2.
out of the _Beast-houses_, 3.
with a _Horn_, 4.
and driveth them to feed.
_Bubulcus_, 1.
evocat _Armenta_, 2.
è _Bovilibus_, 3.
_Buccina_ (Cornu), 4,
& ducit pastum.
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