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They go up into the upper
Stories by _Greeses_, 14.
and _Winding-stairs_, 15.
Ascenditur in superiores
contignationes per _Scalas_, 14.
& _Cochlidia_, 15.
The _Windows_, 16.
appear on the outside,
_Fenestræ_, 16.
apparent extrinsecus,
and the _Grates_, 17.
the _Galleries_, 18.
the _Watertables_, 19.
the _Butteresses_, 20.
to bear up the walls.
& _Cancelli_ (clathra), 17.
_Pergulæ_, 18.
_Suggrundia_, 19.
& _Fulcra_, 20.
fulciendis muris.
On the top is the _Roof_, 21.
covered with _Tyles_, 22.
or _Shingles_, 23.
which lie upon _Laths_, 24.
and these upon _Rafters_, 25.
In summo est _Tectum_, 21.
contectum _Imbricibus_
(_tegulis_), 22.
vel _Scandulis_, 23.
quæ incumbunt _Tigillis_, 24.
hæc _Tignis_, 25.
The _Eaves_, 26.
adhere to the _Roof_.
_Tecto_ adhæret
_Stillicidium_, 26.
The place without a Roof
is called an _open Gallery_, 27.
Locus sine Tecto
dicitur _Subdiale_, 27.
In the Roof are
_Jettings out_, 28.
and _Pinnacles_, 29.
In Tecto sunt
_Meniana_, 28.
& _Coronides_, 29.
LXVIII.
A Mine.
Metallifodina.
[Illustration]
_Miners_, 1.
go into the _Grave_, 2.
by a _Stick_, 3.
or by _Ladders_, 4.
with _Lanthorns_, 5.
_Metalli fossores_, 1.
ingrediuntur _Puteum fodinæ_, 2.
_Bacillo_, 3.
sive _Gradibus_, 4.
cum _Lucernis_, 5.
and dig out with a _Pick_, 6.
the _Oar_,
which being put in _Baskets_, 7.
is drawn out with a _Rope_, 8.
by means of a _Turn_, 9.
& effodiunt _Ligone_, 6.
_terram Metallicam_,
quæ imposita _Corbibus_, 7.
extrahitur _Fune_, 8.
ope _Machinæ tractoriæ_, 9.
and is carried
to the _Melting-house_, 10.
where it is forced with fire,
that the _Metal_ may run out, 12.
& defertur
in _Ustrinam_, 10.
ubi urgetur igne,
ut _Metallum_, 12. profluat
the _Dross_, 11.
is thrown aside.
_Scoriæ_, 11.
abjiciuntur seorsim.
LXIX.
The Blacksmith.
Faber Ferrarius.
[Illustration]
The _Blacksmith_, 1.
in his _Smithy_ (or Forge), 2.
bloweth the fire
_Faber ferrarius_, 1.
in _Ustrina_ (Fabricâ), 2.
inflat ignem
with a _pair of Bellows_, 3.
which he bloweth
with his _Feet_, 4.
and so heateth the _Iron_:
_Folle_, 3.
quem adtollit
_Pede_, 4.
atq; ita candefacit _Ferrum_:
And then he taketh it out
with the _Tongs_, 5.
layeth it upon the _Anvile_, 6.
and striketh it
with an _Hammer_, 7.
where the _sparks_, 8. fly off.
Deinde eximit
_Forcipe_, 5.
imponit _Incudi_, 6.
& cudit
_Malleo_, 7.
ubi _Stricturæ_, 8. exiliunt.
And thus are hammer’d out,
_Nails_, 9.
_Horse-shoes_, 10.
_Cart-strakes_, 11.
_Chains_, 12.
Et sic excuduntur,
_Clavi_, 9.
_Solea_, 10.
_Canthi_, 11.
_Catenæ_, 12.
_Plates_, _Locks_ and _Keys_,
_Hinges_, &c.
_Laminæ_, _Seræ_ cum _Clavibus_,
_Cardines_, &c.
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