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The _Buyer_, 10. cheapneth
and offereth the price.
_Emptor_, 10. licetur,
& pretium offert.
If any one
bid _against him_, 11.
the thing is delivered to him
that promiseth the most.
Si quis
_contralicetur_, 11.
ei res addicitur
qui pollicetur plurimum.
CXXVII.
Measures and Weights.
Mensuræ & Pondera.
[Illustration]
We measure things that hang together
with an _Eln_, 1.
liquid things
with a _Gallon_, 2.
and dry things
by a _two-bushel Measure_, 3.
Res continuas metimur
_Ulnâ_, 1.
liquidas
_Congio_, 2.
aridas
_Medimno_, 3.
We try the heaviness of things
by _Weights_, 4.
and _Balances_, 5.
Gravitatem rerum experimur
_Ponderibus_, 4.
& _Librâ_ (bilance), 5.
In this is first
the _Beam_, 6.
in the midst whereof
is a little _Axle-tree_, 7.
In hâc primò est
_Jugum_ (Scapus), 6.
in cujus medio
_Axiculus_, 7.
above the _cheeks_ and the _hole_, 8.
in which the _Needle_, 9.
moveth it self to and fro:
superiùs _trutina_ & _agina_, 8.
in quâ _Examen_, 9.
sese agitat:
on both sides are
the _Scales_, 10.
hanging by _little Cords_, 11.
utrinque sunt
_Lances_, 10.
pendentes _Funiculis_, 11.
The _Brasiers balance_, 12.
weigheth things by hanging
them on a _Hook_, 13.
and the _Weight_, 14.
opposite to them which
_Statera_, 12.
ponderat res, suspendendo
illas _Unco_, 13.
& _Pondus_, 14.
ex opposito, quod
in (a) weigheth just as much
as the thing,
in (b) twice so much
in (c) thrice so much, &c.
in (a) æquiponderat
rei,
in (b) bis tantum,
in (c) ter, &c.
CXXVIII.
Physick.
Ars Medica.
[Illustration]
The _Patient_, 1.
sendeth for a _Physician_, 2.
who feeleth his _Pulse_, 3,
and looketh upon his _Water_, 4.
_Ægrotans_, 1.
accersit _Medicum_, 2.
qui tangit ipsius _Arteriam_, 3.
& inspicit _Urinam_, 4.
and then prescribeth
a _Receipt_ in a _Bill_, 5.
tum præscribit
_Medicamentum_ in _Schedula_, 5.
That is made ready
by an _Apothecary_, 6.
in a _Apothecaries Shop_, 7.
Istud paratur
à _Pharmacopæo_, 6.
in _Pharmacopolio_, 7.
where _Drugs_
are kept in _Drawers_, 8.
_Boxes_, 9.
and _Gally-pots_, 10.
ubi _Pharmaca_
adservantur in _Capsulis_, 8.
_Pyxidibus_, 9.
& _Lagenis_, 10.
And it is
either a _Potion_, 11.
or _Powder_, 12.
or _Pills_, 13.
or _Trochisks_, 14.
or an _Electuary_, 15.
_Estque_
vel _Potio_, 11.
vel _Pulvis_, 12.
vel _Pillulæ_, 13.
vel _Pastilli_, 14.
vel _Electuarium_, 15.
_Diet_ and _Prayer_, 16.
is the best _Physick_.
_Diæta_ & _Oratio_, 16.
est optima _Medicina_.
The _Chirurgeon_, 18.
cureth _Wounds_, 17.
and _Ulcers_,
with _Plasters_, 19.
_Chirurgus_, 18.
curat _Vulnera_, 17.
& _Ulcera_,
_Spleniis_ (emplastris), 19.
CXXIX.
A Burial.
Sepultura.
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