Monday, May 5, 2025

30.07.25: topic; the fruits of the earth [9]; Comenius (1658); the dressing of gardens (extract) [i]: text and translation

I: The Dressing of Gardens. │ Hortōrum cultūra.

The first and most ancient sustenance, were the Fruits of the Earth. │ Prīmus & antīquissimus Victus, erant Frūgēs Terræ.

II: Hereupon the first labour of Adam, was the dressing of a garden. │ Hinc prīmus Labor Adamī, Hortī cultūra.

III: The Gardener diggeth in a Garden-plot, with a Spade, or Mattock, and maketh Beds, and places wherein to plant Trees, on which he setteth Seeds and Plants.

Hortulānus (Olitor), fodit in Viridāriō, Ligōne, aut Bipāliō, facitque Pulvīnōs, ac Plantāria, quibus īnserit Sēmina & Plantās.

IV: The Tree-Gardener planteth Trees, in an Orchard and grafteth Cyons* in Stocks.

Arborātor, plantat Arborēs, in Pōmāriō, īnseritque Surculōs, Vīvirādīcibus.

*cyon: obsolete spelling of ‘scion’: shoot, twig containing buds


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