XLVII.

Grasing. Pecuaria.

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_Tillage of ground_, and _keeping Cattle_, was in old time the care of Kings and Noble-men; at this Day only of the meanest sort of People, _Cultus Agrorum_, & _res pecuaria_, antiquissimis temporibus, erat cura Regum, Heroum; hodie tantum infirmæ Plebis,

The _Neat-heard_, 1. calleth out the _Heards_, 2. out of the _Beast-houses_, 3. with a _Horn_, 4. and driveth them to feed. _Bubulcus_, 1. evocat _Armenta_, 2. è _Bovilibus_, 3. _Buccina_ (Cornu), 4, & ducit pastum.

The _Shepherd_, 5. feedeth his _Flock_, 6. being furnished with a _Pipe_, 7. and a _Scrip_, 8. and a _Sheep-hook_, 9. _Opilio_ (Pastor), 5. pascit _Gregem_, 6. instructus _Fistula_, 7. & _Pera_, 8. ut & _Pedo_, 9. having with him a great _Dog_, 10. fenced with a _Collar_, 11. against the _Wolves_. habens secum _Molossum_, 10. munitum _Millo_, 11. contra Lupos.

_Swine_, 12. are fed out of a _Swine-Trough_. _Sues_, 12. saginantur ex _aqualiculo haræ_.

The _Farmer’s Wife_, 13. milketh the _Udders_ of the _Cow_, 15. at the _Cratch_, 15. over a _milk-pale_, 16. _Villica_, 13. mulget _Ubera_ _vaccæ_, 14. ad _Præsepe_, 15. super _mulctra_, 16. and maketh _Butter_ of _Cream_ in a _Churn_, 17. and _Cheeses_, 18. of _Curds_. et facit _Butyrum_ è _flore lactis_, in _Vase butyraceo_, 17. et _Caseos_, 18. è _Coagulo_.

The _Wool_, 19. is shorn from _Sheep_, whereof several _Garments_ are made. _Lana_, 19. detondetur _Ovibus_, ex quà variæ _Vestes_ conficiuntur.