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The _Master_
(_the goodman of the House_), 1.
hath _Men-servants_, 2.
_Herus_
(_Pater familias_), 1.
habet _Famulos_ (_Servos_), 2.
the _Mistress_
(_the good wife of the House_), 3.
_Maidens_, 4.
_Hera_
(_Mater familias_), 3.
_Ancillas_, 4.
They appoint these
their _Work_, 6.
and divide
_them their tasks_, 5. which
are faithfully to be done by them
Illi mandant his
_Opera_, 6.
& distribuunt
_Laborum Pensa_, 5. quæ
ab his fideliter sunt exsequenda
without murmuring
and loss:
for which
their _Wages_, and _Meat_ and _Drink_
is allowed them.
sine murmure
& dispendio;
pro quo
_Merces_ & _Alimonia_
præbentur ipsis.
A _Servant_ was heretofore
a _Slave_,
over whom the Master
had power of life and death.
_Servus_ olim erat
_Mancipium_,
in quem Domino
potestas fuit vitæ & necis
At this day the poorer sort
serve in a free manner,
being hired for Wages.
Hodiè pauperiores
serviunt liberè,
conducti mercede.
CXXII.
A City.
Urbs.
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Of many Houses
is made a _Village_, 1.
or a _Town_, or a _City_, 2.
Ex multis Domibus
fit _Pagus_, 1.
vel _Oppidum_, vel _Urbs_, 2.
That and this are fenced
and begirt with a _Wall_, 3.
a _Trench_, 4.
_Bulwarks_, 5.
and _Pallisadoes_, 6.
Istud & hæc muniuntur
& cinguntur _Mœnibus_ (_Muro_), 3.
_Vallo_, 4.
_Aggeribus_, 5.
& _Vallis_, 6.
Within the Walls is
the _void Place_, 7.
without, the _Ditch_, 8.
Intra muros est
_Pomœrium_, 7.
extrà, _Fossa_, 8.
In the Walls are
_Fortresses_, 9.
and _Towers_, 10.
_Watch-Towers_, 11. are
upon the higher places.
In mœnibus sunt
_Propugnacula_, 9.
& _Turres_, 10.
_Specula_, 11. extant
in editioribus locis.
The entrance into a City
is made out of the _Suburbs_, 12.
through _Gates_, 13.
over the _Bridge_, 14.
Ingressus in Urbem
fit ex _Suburbio_, 12.
per _Portam_, 13.
super _Pontem_, 14.
The _Gate_ hath
a _Portcullis_, 15.
a _Draw-bridge_, 16.
_two-leaved Doors_, 17.
_Porta_ habet
_Cataractas_, 15.
_Pontem versatilem_, 16.
_Valvas_, 17.
_Locks_ and _Bolts_,
as also _Barrs_, 18.
_Claustra_ & _Repagula_,
ut & _Vectes_, 18.
In the Suburbs are
_Gardens_, 19.
and _Garden-houses_, 20.
and also _Burying-places_, 21.
In Suburbiis sunt
_Horti_, 19.
& _Suburbana_, 20.
ut & _Cœmeteria_, 21.
CXXIII.
The inward parts of a City.
Interiora Urbis.
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Within the City are
_Streets_, 1.
paved with Stones;
Intra urbem sunt
_Plateæ_ (Vici), 1.
stratæ Lapidibus;
_Market-places_, 2.
(in some places with
_Galleries_), 3.
and _narrow Lanes_, 4.
_Fora_, 2.
(alicubi cum
_Porticibus_), 3.
& _Angiportus_, 4.
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