XLVI.

Husbandry. Agricultura.

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The _Plow-man_, 1. yoketh _Oxen_, 3. to a _Plough,_ 2. _Arator_, 1. jungit _Boves_, 3. _Aratro_, 2. and holding the _Plow-stilt_, 4. in his left hand, and the _Plow-staff_, 5. in his right hand, & tenens _Stivam_, 4. lævâ, _Rallum_, 5. dextrâ, with which he removeth _Clods_, 6. he cutteth the Land, (which was manured afore with _Dung_, 8.) quâ amovet _Glebas_, 6. scindit terram (stercoratam antea _Fimo_, 8.) with a _Share_, 7. and a _Coulter_, and maketh _furrows_, 9. _Vomere_, 7. et _Dentali_, facitque _Sulcos_, 9.

Then he _soweth_ the _Seed_, 10. and harroweth it in with a _Harrow_, 11. Tum _seminat_ _Semen_, 10. & inoccat _Occâ_, 11.

The _Reaper_, 12. sheareth the ripe corn with a _Sickle_, 13. gathereth up the _handfuls_, 14. and bindeth the _Sheaves_, 15. _Messor_, 12. metit fruges maturas _Falce messoris_, 13. colligit _Manipulos_, 14. & colligat _Mergetes_, 15.

The _Thrasher_, 16. thrasheth Corn on the _Barn-floor_, 17. with a _Flayl_, 18. _Tritor_, 16. triturat frumentum in _Area Horrei_, 17. _Flagello_ (tribula), 18. tosseth it in a _winnowing-basket_, 19. and so when the _Chaff_, and the _Straw_, 20. are separated from it, he putteth it into _Sacks_, 12. jactat _ventilabro_, 19. atque ita _Paleâ_ & _Stramine_, 20. separatâ, congerit in _Saccos_, 21.

The _Mower_, 22. maketh _Hay_ in a _Meadow_, cutting down _Grass_ with a _Sithe_, 23. _Fœniseca_, 22. facit _Fœnum_ in _Prato_, desecans _Gramen_ _Falce fœnaria_, 23. and raketh it together with a _Rake_, 24. and maketh up _Cocks_, 26. with a _fork_, 25, and carrieth it on _Carriages_, 27. into the _Hay-barn_, 28. corraditque _Rastro_, 24. componit _Acervos_, 26. _Furca_, 25. & convehit _Vehibus_, 27. in _Fœnile_, 28.