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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.