LIX.

The Dressing of Line. Tractatio Lini.

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_Line_ and _Hemp_ being rated in water, and dryed again, 1. _Linum_ & _Cannabis_, macerata aquis, et siccata rursum, 1. are braked with a _wooden Brake_, 2. where the _Shives_, 3. fall down, contunduntur _Frangibulo ligneo_, 2. ubi _Cortices_, 3. decidunt then they are heckled with an _Iron Heckle_, 4. where the _Tow_, 5. is parted from it. tum carminantur _Carmine ferreo_, 4. ubi _Stupa_, 5. separatur.

_Flax_ is tyed to a _Distaff_, 6. by the _Spinster_, 7. _Linum purum_ alligatur _Colo_, 6. à _Netrice_, 7. which with her left hand pulleth out the _Thread_, 8. and with her right hand turneth a _Wheel_, 9. quæ sinistra trahit _Filum_, 8. dexterâ, 12. _Rhombum_ (girgillum), 9. or a _Spindle_, 10. upon which is a _Wharl_, 11. vel _Fusum_, 10. in quo _Verticillus_, 11.

The _Spool_ receiveth the _Thread_, 13. which is drawn thence upon a _Yarn-windle_, 14. _Volva_ accipit _Fila_, 13. inde deducuntur in _Alabrum_, 14. hence either _Clews_, 15. are wound up, or _Hanks_, 16. are made. hinc vel _Glomi_, 15. glomerantur, vel _Fasciculi_, 16. fiunt.