LII.
Fowling. Aucupium.
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The _Fowler_, 1. maketh a _Bed_, 2, spreadeth a _Bird-net_, 3. throweth a _Bait_, 4. upon it, _Auceps_, 1. exstruit _Aream_, 2. superstruit illi _Rete_ aucupatorium, 3. obsipat _Escam_, 4. and hiding himself in a _Hut_, 5. he allureth Birds, by the chirping of _Lurebirds_, which partly hop upon the Bed, 6. and are partly shut in _Cages_, 7. & abdens se in _Latibulo_, 5. allicit Aves, cantu _Illicum_, qui partim in Area currunt, 6.
## partim inclusi sunt _Caveis_, 7.
and thus he entangleth Birds that fly over, in his net whilst they settle themselves down. atque ita obruit transvolantes Aves Reti, dum se demittunt:
Or he setteth _Snares_, 8. on which they hang and strangle themselves: Aut tendit _Tendiculas_, 8. quibus suspendunt & suffocant seipsas:
Or setteth _Lime-twigs_, 9. on a _Perch_, 10. Aut exponit _Viscatos calamos_, 9. _Amiti_, 10. upon which if they sit they enwrap their Feathers, so that they cannot fly away, and fall down to the ground. quibus si insident, implicant pennas, ut nequeant avolare, & decidunt in terram.
Or he catcheth them with a _Pole_, 11. or a _Pit-fall_, 12. Aut captat _Perticâ_, 11. vel _Decipulâ_, 12.