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Then he streweth _Litter_, 7.
under him.
Deinde substernit
_Stramenta_, 7.
He _winnoweth Oats_
with a _Van_, 8.
(being mixt with Chaff,
and taken out
of a _Chest_, 10.)
_Ventilat Avenam_,
_Vanno_, 8.
(Paleis mixtam,
ac depromptam
à _Cista Pabulatoria_, 10.)
and with them feedeth the Horse,
as also with _Hay_, 9.
eâque pascit equum,
ut & _Fœno_, 9.
Afterwards he leadeth him
to the _Watering-trough_, 11.
to water.
Postea ducit
ad _Aquarium_, 11.
aquatum.
Then he rubbeth him
with a _Cloth_, 12.
combeth him
with a _Curry-comb_, 15.
covereth him
with an _Housing-cloth_, 14.
Tum detergit
_Panno_, 12.
depectit
_Strigili_, 15.
insternit
_Gausape_, 14.
and looketh upon his _Hoofs_
whether the _Shoes_, 13.
be fast with the _Nails_.
& inspicit _Soleas_,
an _Calcei ferrei_, 13.
firmis _Clavis_ hæreant.
LXXVIII.
Dials.
Horologia.
[Illustration]
A _Dial_
measureth Hours.
_Horologium_
dimetitur Horas.
A _Sun-dial_, 1.
sheweth by the shadow
of the _Pin_, 2.
what a _Clock_ it is;
either on a Wall,
or a _Compass_, 3,
_Solarium_, 1.
ostendit umbrâ
_Gnomonis_, 2.
quota sit _Hora_;
sive in Pariete,
sive in _Pyxide Magnetica_, 3.
An _Hour-glass_, 4.
sheweth the four parts of an hour
by the running of _Sand_,
heretofore of water.
_Clepsydra_, 4.
ostendit partes horæ quatuor,
fluxu _Arenæ_,
olim aquæ.
A _Clock_, 5.
numbereth also
the Hours of the Night,
_Automaton_, 5.
numerat etiam
Nocturnas Horas,
by the turning of the Wheels,
the greatest whereof
is drawn by a _Weight_, 6.
and draweth the rest.
circulatione Rotarum,
quarum maxima
trahitur à _Pondere_, 6.
& trahit cæteras.
Then either the _Bell_, 7.
by its sound, being struck on
by the _Hammer_,
or the _Hand_, 8. without,
by its motion about
sheweth the hour.
Tum vel _Campana_, 7.
sonitu suo, percussâ
a _Malleolo_,
vel _Index_ extra
Circuitione sua
indicat horam.
LXXIX.
The Picture.
Pictura.
[Illustration]
_Pictures_, 1.
delight the Eyes
and adorn Rooms.
_Picturæ_, 1.
oblectant Oculos
& ornant Conclavia.
The _Painter_, 2.
painteth an _Image_
with a _Pencil_, 3.
_Pictor_, 2.
pingit _Effigiem_
_Penicilio_, 3.
in a _Table_, 4.
upon a _Case-frame_, 5.
holding his _Pollet_, 6.
in his left hand,
in _Tabula_, 4.
super _Pluteo_, 5.
tenens _Orbem Pictorium_, 6.
in sinistra,
on which are the _Paints_
which were ground
by the _Boy_, 7. on a _Marble_.
in quo _Pigmenta_
quæ terebantur
à _puero_, 7. in _marmore_.
The _Carver_
and _Statuary_
carve _Statues_, 8.
of Wood and Stone.
_Sculptor_,
& _Statuarius_
exsculpunt _Statuas_, 8.
è Ligno & Lapide.
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