XXVI.

Four-Footed Beasts: and First those about the House. Quadrupeda: & primum Domestica.

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The _Dog_, 1. with the _Whelp_, 2. is keeper of the House. _Canis_, 1. cum _Catello_, 2. est custos Domûs.

The _Cat_, 3. riddeth the House of _Mice_, 4. which also a _Mouse-trap_, 5. doth. _Felis_ (Catus) 3. purgat domum à _Muribus_, 4. quod etiam _Muscipula_, 5. facit.

A _Squirrel_, 6. The _Ape_, 7. and the _Monkey_, 8. are kept at home for delight. _Sciurus_, 6. _Simia_, 7. & _Cercopithecus_, 8. habentur domi delectamento.

The _Dormouse_, 9. and other greater Mice, 10. as, the _Weesel_, the _Marten_, and the _Ferret_, trouble the House, _Glis_, 9. & cæteri Mures majores, 10. ut, _Mustela_, _Martes_, _Viverra_, infestant domum.