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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