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Or setteth _Lime-twigs_, 9.
on a _Perch_, 10.
Aut exponit _Viscatos calamos_, 9.
_Amiti_, 10.
upon which if they sit
they enwrap their Feathers,
so that they cannot fly away,
and fall down to the ground.
quibus si insident,
implicant pennas,
ut nequeant avolare,
& decidunt in terram.
Or he catcheth them
with a _Pole_, 11.
or a _Pit-fall_, 12.
Aut captat
_Perticâ_, 11.
vel _Decipulâ_, 12.
LIII.
Hunting.
Venatus.
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The _Hunter_, 1.
hunteth wild Beasts
whilst he besetteth a Wood
with _Toyls_, 2.
stretched out upon
_Shoars_, 3.
_Venator_, 1.
venatur Feras,
dum cingit Sylvam,
_Cassibus_, 2.
tentis super
_Varos_, 3. (furcillas.)
The _Beagle_, 4.
tracketh the wild Beast
or findeth him out by the scent;
the _Tumbler_, or _Greyhound_, 5.
pursueth it.
_Canis sagax_, 4.
vestigat Feram,
aut indagat odoratu;
_Vertagus_, 5.
persequitur.
The _Wolf_,
falleth in a _Pit_, 6.
the _Stag_, 7. as he runneth away,
into _Toyls_.
_Lupus_,
incidit in _Foveam_, 6.
fugiens _Cervus_, 7.
in _Plagas_.
The _Boar_, 8.
is struck through
with a _Hunting-spear_, 9.
_Aper_, 8.
transverberatur
_Venabulo_, 9.
The _Bear_, 10.
is bitten by Dogs,
and is knocked
with a _Club_, 11.
_Ursus_, 10.
mordetur à Canibus,
& tunditur
_Clavâ_, 11.
If any thing get away,
it escapeth, 12. as here
a _Hare_ and a _Fox_.
Si quid effugit,
evadit, 12. ut hic
_Lepus_ & _Vulpes_.
LIV.
Butchery.
Lanionia.
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The _Butcher_, 1.
killeth _fat Cattle_, 2.
(The _Lean_, 3.
are not fit to eat.)
_Lanio_, 1.
mactat _Pecudem altilem_, 2.
(_Vescula_, 3.
non sunt vescenda.)
He knocketh them down
with an _Ax_, 4.
or cutteth their Throat.
with a _Slaughter-knife_, 5.
Prosternit
_Clavâ_, 4.
vel jugulat.
_Cunaculo_, 5.
he flayeth them, 6.
and cutteth them in pieces,
and hangeth out the flesh
to sell in the _Shambles_, 7.
excoriat (deglubit,) 6.
dissecatque
& exponit carnes,
venum in _Macello_, 7.
He dresseth a _Swine_, 8.
with fire
or scalding water, 9.
and maketh _Gamons_, 10.
_Pistils_, 11.
and _Flitches_, 12.
Glabrat _Suem_, 8.
igne,
vel aquâ fervidâ, 9.
& facit _Pernas_, 10.
_Petasones_, 11.
& _Succidias_, 12.
Besides several _Puddings_,
_Chitterlings_, 13.
_Bloodings_, 14.
_Liverings_, 15.
_Sausages_, 16.
Prætereà _Farcimina_ varia,
_Faliscos_, 13.
_Apexabones_, 14.
_Tomacula_, 15.
_Botulos_, (Lucanicas) 16.
The _Fat_, 17. and
_Tallow_, 18. are melted.
_Adeps_, 17. &
_Sebum_, 18. eliquantur.
LV.
Cookery.
Coquinaria.
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