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Either of _Stones_
which the _Stone-digger_
getteth out of the _Quarry_, 3.
and the _Stone-cutter_, 4.
squareth by a _Rule_, 5.
Sive è _Lapidibus_,
quos _Lapidarius_
eruit in _Lapicidina_, 3.
& _Latomus_, 4.
conquadrat ad _Normam_, 5.
Or of _Bricks_, 6.
which are made
of _Sand_ and _Clay_
steeped in water,
and are burned in fire.
Sive è _Lateribus_, 6.
qui formantur,
ex _Arena_ & _Luto_,
aquâ intritis
& excoquuntur igne.
Afterwards he plaistereth it
with _Lime_,
by means of a _Trowel_,
and garnisheth with
a _Rough-cast_, 8.
Dein crustat
_Calce_,
ope _Trullæ_, 7.
& vestit _Tectorio_, 8.
LXVI.
Engines.
Machinæ.
[Illustration]
One can carry
as much by thrusting
a _Wheel-barrow_, 3.
before him,
(having an _Harness_, 4.
hanging on his neck,)
Unus potest ferre
tantum trudendo
_Pabonem_, 3.
ante se,
(_Ærumna_,
Suspensâ a Collo)
as two men
can carry on a _Colestaff_, 1.
or _Hand-barrow_, 2.
quantum duo
possunt ferre _Palangâ_,
vel _Feretro_, 2.
But he can do more that
rolleth a Weight laid upon
_Rollers_, 6. with a _Leaver_, 5.
Plus autem potest qui
provolvit Molem impositam
_Phalangis_ (Cylindris, 6.)
_Vecte_, 5.
A _Wind-beam_, 7.
is a post, which
is turned by going about it.
_Ergata_, 7.
est columella, quæ
versatur circumeundo.
A _Crane_, 8.
hath a _Hollow-wheel_,
in which one walking
draweth weights out of a Ship,
or letteth them down
into a Ship.
_Geranium_, 8.
habet _Tympanum_,
cui inambulans quis
extrahit pondera navi,
aut demittit in navem.
A _Rammer_, 9.
is used to fasten
_Piles_, 10.
_Fistuca_, 9.
adhibetur ad pangendum
_Sublicas_, 10.
it is lifted with a Rope
drawn by _Pullies_, 11.
or with hands.
if it have _handles_, 12.
adtollitur Fune
tracto per _Trochleas_, 11.
vel manibus,
si habet _ansas_, 12.
LXVII.
A House.
Domus.
[Illustration]
The _Porch_, 1.
is before the _Door_
of the _House_.
_Vestibulum_, 1.
est ante _Januam_
_Domûs_.
The _Door_ hath
a _Threshold_, 2.
and a _Lintel_, 3.
and _Posts_, 4. on both sides.
_Janua_ habet
_Limen_, 2.
& _Superliminare_, 3.
& _Postes_, 4. utrinque.
The _Hinges_, 5.
are upon the right hand,
upon which the _Doors_, 6. hang,
_Cardines_, 5.
sunt a dextris,
à quibus pendent _Fores_, 6.
the _Latch_, 7.
and the _Bolt_, 8.
are on the left hand.
_Claustrum_, 7.
aut _Pessulus_, 8.
a sinistris.
Before the House
is a _Fore-court_, 9.
with a _Pavement_
of _square stones_, 10.
Sub ædibus
est _Cavædium_, 9.
_Pavimento_
_Tessellato_, 10.
born up with _Pillars_, 11.
in which is the _Chapiter_, 12.
and the _Base_, 13.
fulcitum _Columnis_, 11.
in quibus _Peristylium_, 12.
& _Basis_, 13.
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