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Secondly,
upon which _strings_
are stretched, and struck upon,
Secundò,
in quibus _Chordæ_
intenduntur & plectuntur
as the _Psaltery_, 11.
and the _Virginals_, 12.
with both hands;
ut _Nablium_, 11.
cum _Clavircordio_, 12.
utrâque manu;
the _Lute_, 13.
(in which is the _Neck_, 14.
the _Belly_, 15,
the _Pegs_, 16.
_Testudo_ (Chelys), 13.
(in quâ _Jugum_, 14.
_Magadium_, 15.
& _Verticilli_, 16.
by which the _Strings_, 17.
are stretched
upon the _Bridge_, 18.)
quibus _Nervi_, 17.
intenduntur
super _Ponticulam_, 18.)
the _Cittern_, 19.
with the right hand only,
the _Vial_, 20.
with a _Bow_, 21.
& _Cythara_, 19.
Dexterâ tantum,
_Pandura_, 20.
_Plectro_, 21.
and the _Harp_, 23.
with a _Wheel_ within,
which is turned about:
the _Stops_, 22.
in every one are touched
with the left hand.
& _Lyra_, 23.
intus rotâ,
quæ versatur:
_Dimensiones_, 22.
in singulis tanguntur
sinistra.
At last,
those which are blown,
as with the mouth,
Tandem
quæ inflantur,
ut Ore,
the _Flute_, 24.
the _Shawm_, 25.
the _Bag-pipe_, 26.
_Fistula_ (_Tibia_), 24.
_Gingras_, 25.
_Tibia utricularis_, 26.
the _Cornet_, 27.
the _Trumpet_, 28, 29.
or with _Bellows_,
as a _pair of Organs_, 30.
_Lituus_, 27.
_Tuba_, 28. _Buccina_, 29.
vel _Follibus_,
ut _Organum pneumaticum_, 30.
CII.
Philosophy.
Philosophia.
[Illustration]
The _Naturalist_, 1.
vieweth all the works of God
in the World.
_Physicus_, 1.
speculatur omnia Dei Opera
in Mundo.
The _Supernaturalist_, 2.
searches out the _Causes_
and _Effects_ of things.
_Metaphysicus_, 2.
perscrutatur _Causas_,
& rerum _Effecta_.
The _Arithmetician_,
reckoneth _numbers_,
by adding, subtracting,
multiplying and dividing;
_Arithmeticus_
computat _numeros_,
addendo, subtrahendo,
multiplicando, dividendo;
and that either by _Cyphers_, 3.
on a _Slate_,
or by _Counters_, 4.
upon a _Desk_.
idque vel _Cyphris_, 3.
in _Palimocesto_,
vel _Calculis_, 4.
super _Abacum_.
_Country people_ reckon, 5.
with _figures of tens_, X.
and _figures of five_, V.
_Rustici_ numerant, 5.
_Decussibus_, X.
& _Quincuncibus_, V.
by _twelves_, _fifteens_,
and _threescores_.
per _Duodenas_, _Quindenas_,
& _Sexagenas_.
CIII.
Geometry.
Geometria.
[Illustration]
A _Geometrician_
measureth the _height_
of a _Tower_, 1....2.
_Geometra_
metitur _Altitudinem_
_Turris_, 1....2.
or the _distance_
of _places_, 3....4.
either with a _Quadrant_, 5.
or a _Jacob’s-staff_, 6.
aut _distantiam_
_Locorum_, 3....4.
sive _Quadrante_, 5.
sive _Radio_, 6.
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