The Dressing of Line.
Tractatio Lini.
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_Line_ and _Hemp_
being rated in water,
and dryed again, 1.
_Linum_ & _Cannabis_,
macerata aquis,
et siccata rursum, 1.
are braked
with a _wooden Brake_, 2.
where the _Shives_, 3.
fall down,
contunduntur
_Frangibulo ligneo_, 2.
ubi _Cortices_, 3.
decidunt
then they are heckled
with an _Iron Heckle_, 4.
where the _Tow_, 5.
is parted from it.
tum carminantur
_Carmine ferreo_, 4.
ubi _Stupa_, 5.
separatur.
_Flax_ is tyed to a _Distaff_, 6.
by the _Spinster_, 7.
_Linum purum_ alligatur _Colo_, 6.
à _Netrice_, 7.
which with her left hand
pulleth out the _Thread_, 8.
and with her right hand
turneth a _Wheel_, 9.
quæ sinistra
trahit _Filum_, 8.
dexterâ, 12.
_Rhombum_ (girgillum), 9.
or a _Spindle_, 10.
upon which is a _Wharl_, 11.
vel _Fusum_, 10.
in quo _Verticillus_, 11.
The _Spool_ receiveth
the _Thread_, 13.
which is drawn thence
upon a _Yarn-windle_, 14.
_Volva_ accipit
_Fila_, 13.
inde deducuntur
in _Alabrum_, 14.
hence either _Clews_, 15.
are wound up,
or _Hanks_, 16. are made.
hinc vel _Glomi_, 15.
glomerantur,
vel _Fasciculi_, 16. fiunt.