THE END OF HOMER’S BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE.

[1] Intending _men:_ being divided from all other creatures by the

voice; _μέροψ,_ being a periphrasis, signifying _voce divisus,_ of

_μείρω (μείρομαι) divido,_ and _ὅψ, ὁπός, vox._

[2] _Φυσίγναθος, Genas et buccas inflans._

[3] _Πηλεύς, qui ex luto nascitur._

[4] _‘ϒδρομέδουνα. Aquarum regina._

[5] The river Po, in Italy.

[6] _Ψιχάρπαξ._ Gather-crum, or ravish-crum,

[7] Shear-crust.

[8] Lick-mill.

[9] Bacon-flitch-devourer, or gnawer.

[10] _Τανύπεπλος. Extenso et prourisso peploamictus._ A metaphor taken

from ladies’ veils, or trains, and therefore their names are here

added.

[11] _῞Ηπατα λευκοχίτωνα._ Livering puddings white-skinn’d.

[12] _Παντοδαποι̑σιν._ Whose common exposition is only _variis,_ when

it properly signifies _ex omni solo._

[13] _Στονόεσσαν,_ of _στενός, angutstus._

[14] Lickdish.

[15] _Ευ͒ τ᾽ ἀσκήσαντες, ab ἀσκέω, elaboratè concinno._

[16] Enter-pot, or search-pot.

[17] Cheese-miner. _Qui caseum rodendo cavat._

[18] _Μιμούμενος._ Aping, or imitating us.

[19] Boots of war.

[20] _Στέμματα, Lanas, eo quod colus cingant seu coronent._ Which our

learned sect translate eating the crowns that Pallas wore.

[21] _Τόκος. Partus, et id quod partu edidit mater. Metap. hic

appellatur fænus quod ex usurâ ad nos redit._

[22] _Κώνωψ. Culex vinarius._

[23] Loud-mouth.

[24] Kitchen-vessel licker.

[25] Hole-dweller. _Qui foramina subit._

[26] Mud-born.

[27] Beet-devourer.

[28] The great bread eater.

[29] _Πολύφωνον._ The great-noise-maker, shrill or big-voiced.

[30] The lake-lover.

[31] _Qui lambit culinaria vasa._

[32] _Τιτύσκομαι intentissime dirigo ut certum ictum inferam._

[33] The cabbage-eater.

[34] _Paludis incola._ Lake-liver.

[35] _Qui in calaminthâ, herbâ palustri, habitat._

[36] Bacon-eater.

[37] _Qui aquis delectatur._

[38] Collop-devourer.

[39] Mud-sleeper.

[40] Leek or scallion lover.

[41] Kitchen-smell haunter, or hunter.

[42] Fenstalk.

[43] _Qui per lutum it._

[44] Vociferator.

[45] Eat-corn.

[46] Scallion-devourer.

[47] Bread-betrayer.

[48] Scrap, or broken-meat-eater.

[49] _Κρατερός, validus seu potens in retineudo._

[50] _Νωτάκμονες. Incudes ferentes,_ or anvil-backed. _῞Ακμων. Incus,

dicta per syncopen quasi nullis ictibus fatigetur._

[51] _Ψαλίδοστομος. Forcipem in ore habens._

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