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XXVIII.

Labouring-Beasts. Jumenta.

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The _Ass_, 1. and the _Mule_, 2. carry burthens. _Asinus_, 1. & _Mulus_, 2. gestant Onera.

The _Horse_, 3. (which a _Mane_, 4. graceth) carryeth us. _Equus_, 3. (quam _Juba_, 4. ornat) gestat nos ipsos.

The _Camel_, 5. carryeth the Merchant with his Ware. _Camelus_, 5. gestat Mercatorem cum mercibus suis.

The _Elephant_, 6. draweth his meat to him with his _Trunk_, 7. _Elephas_, (Barrus) 6. attrahit pabulum _Proboscide_, 7.

He hath two _Teeth_, 8. standing out, and is able to carry full thirty men. Habet duos _dentes_, 8. prominentes, & potest portare etiam triginta viros.