LXIV.

The Carpenter. Faber lignarius.

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We have seen Man’s food and clothing: now his Dwelling followeth. Hominis victum & amictum, vidimus: sequitur nunc Domicilium ejus.

At first they dwelt in _Caves_, 1. then in _Booths_ or _Huts_, 2. and then again in _Tents_, 3. at the last in _Houses_. Primò habitabant in _Specubus_, 1. deinde in _Tabernaculis_ vel _Tuguriis_, 2. tum etiam in _Tentoriis_, 3. demum in _Domibus_.

The _Woodman_ felleth and heweth down _Trees_, 5. with an _Ax_, 4. the _Boughs_, 6. remaining. _Lignator_ sternit & truncat _Arbores_, 5. _Securi_, 4. remanentibus _Sarmentis_, 6.

He cleaveth _Knotty Wood_ with a _Wedge_, 7. which he forceth in with a _Beetle_, 8. and maketh _Wood-stacks_, 9. Findit _Nodosum_, _Lignum Cuneo_, 7. quem adigit _Tudite_, 8. & componit _Strues_, 9.

The _Carpenter_ squareth _Timber_ with a _Chip-Ax_, 10. _Faber Lignarius_ ascit _Ascia_, 10. _Materiem_, whence _Chips_, 11. fall, and saweth it with a _Saw_, 12. where the _Saw-dust_, 13. falleth down. unde _Assulæ_, 11. cadunt, & serrat _Serrâ_, 12. ubi _Scobs_, 13. decidit.

Afterwards he lifteth the _Beam_ upon _Tressels_, 14. Post elevat _Tignum_ super _Canterios_, 14· by the help of a _Pully_, 15. fasteneth it with _Cramp-irons_, 16. and marketh it out with a _Line_, 17. ope _Trochleæ_, 15. affigit _Ansis_, 16. & lineat _Amussi_, 17.

Thus he frameth the _Walls_ together, 18. and fasteneth the great pieces with _Pins_, 19. Tum compaginat _Parietes_, 18. & configit trabes _Clavis trabalibus_, 19.