Grasing.

Pecuaria.

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.
having with him
a great Dog, 10.
fenced with a Collar, 11.
against the Wolves.		Opilio (Pastor), 5.
pascit Gregem, 6.
instructus Fistula, 7.
& Pera, 8.
ut & Pedo, 9.
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.
and maketh Butter
of Cream
in a Churn, 17.
and Cheeses, 18.
of Curds.		Villica, 13.
mulget Ubera
vaccæ, 14.
ad Præsepe, 15.
super mulctra, 16.
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.

[ XLVIII.]

The making of Honey.

Mellificium.

The Bees send out
a swarm, 1. and set over it
a Leader, 2.		Apes emittunt
Examen, 1. adduntque illi
Ducem (Regem), 2.
That swarm
being ready to fly away
is recalled by the Tinkling
of a brazen Vessel, 3.
and is put up
into a new Hive, 4.		Examen illud,
avolaturum,
revocatur tinnitu
Vasis ænei, 3.
& includitur
novo Alveari, 4.
They make little Cells
with six corners, 5.
and fill them with Honey-dew,
and make Combs, 6.
out of which the Honey
runneth, 7.		Struunt Cellulas
sexangulares, 5.
et complent eas Melligine,
& faciunt Favos, 6.
è quibus Mel
effluit, 7.
The Partitions
being melted by fire,
turn into Wax, 8.		Crates
liquati igne
abeunt in Ceram, 8.

[ XLIX.]