Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
The _Cord-wainer_, 8.
cutteth great _Thongs_, 10.
_Bridles_, 11.
_Girdles_, 12.
_Lorarius_, 8.
scindit _Loramenta_, 10.
_Fræna_, 11.
_Cingula_, 12.
_Sword-belts_, 13.
_Pouches_, 14.
_Port-mantles_, 15. &c.
out of a _Beast-hide_, 9.
_Baltheos_, 13.
_Crumenas_, 14.
_Hippoperas_, 15., &c.
de _corio bubulo_, 9.
LXXXIII.
The Traveller.
Viator.
[Illustration]
A _Traveller_, 1.
beareth on his shoulders
in a _Budget_, 2.
those things
which his _Satchel_, 3.
or _Pouch_, 4. cannot hold.
Viator, 1.
portat humeris
in _Bulga_, 2.
quæ non capit
_Funda_, 3.
vel _Marsupium_, 4.
He is covered
with a _Cloak_, 5.
Tegitur
_Lacernâ_, 5.
He holdeth a _Staff_, 6.
in his hand wherewith
to bear up himself.
Tenet _Baculum_, 6.
Manu quo
se fulciat.
He hath need of
_Provision for the way_,
as also of a pleasant and
merry _Companion_, 7.
Opus habet
_Viatico_,
ut & fido &
facundo _Comite_, 7.
Let him not forsake
the _High-road_, 9.
for a _Foot-way_, 8.
unless it be a _beaten Path_.
Non deserat
_Viam regiam_
propter _Semitam_, 8.
nisi sit _Callis tritus_.
_By-ways_, 10.
and _places where two ways meet_, 11.
deceive and lead men aside
_Avia_, 10.
& _Bivia_, 11.
fallunt & seducunt,
into _uneven-places_, 12.
so do not _By-paths_, 13.
and _Cross-ways_, 14.
in _Salebras_, 12.
non æquè _Tramites_, 13.
& _Compita_, 14,
Let him therefore enquire
of _those he meeteth_, 15.
which way he must go;
Sciscitet igitur
_obvios_, 15.
quà sit eundum;
and let him take heed
of _Robbers_, 16.
as in the _way_, so also
in the _Inn_, 17.
where he lodgeth all Night.
& caveat
_Prædones_, 16.
ut in _viâ_, sic etiam
in _Diversorio_, 17.
ubi pernoctat.
LXXXIV.
The Horse-man.
Eques.
[Illustration]
The _Horse-man_, 1.
setteth a _Saddle_, 2.
on his _Horse_, 3.
and girdeth it on
with a _Girth_, 4.
_Eques_, 1.
imponit _Equo_, 2.
_Ephippium_, 3.
idque succingit
_Cingulo_, 4.
He layeth a _Saddle-cloth_, 5.
also upon him.
Insternit etiam
_Dorsuale_, 5.
He decketh him with
_Trappings_, a _Fore-stall_, 6.
a _Breast-cloth_, 7.
and a _Crupper_, 8.
Ornat eum
_Phaleris_, _Frontali_, 6.
_Antilena_, 7.
& _Postilena_, 8,
Then he getteth upon
his Horse, putteth his feet
into the _Stirrops_, 9.
taketh
the _Bridle-rein_, 10. 11.
Deinde insilit in
Equum, indit pedes
_Stapedibus_, 9.
capessit _Lorum_
(habenam), 10. _Freni_, 11.
in his left hand,
wherewith he guideth
and holdeth the Horse.
sinistrâ
quo flectit,
& retinet Equum.
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