The Mason.
Faber Murarius,
[Illustration]
The _Mason_, 1.
layeth a _Foundation_,
and buildeth _Walls_, 2.
_Faber Murarius_, 1.
ponit _Fundamentum_,
& struit _Muros_, 2.
Either of _Stones_
which the _Stone-digger_
getteth out of the _Quarry_, 3.
and the _Stone-cutter_, 4.
squareth by a _Rule_, 5.
Sive è _Lapidibus_,
quos _Lapidarius_
eruit in _Lapicidina_, 3.
& _Latomus_, 4.
conquadrat ad _Normam_, 5.
Or of _Bricks_, 6.
which are made
of _Sand_ and _Clay_
steeped in water,
and are burned in fire.
Sive è _Lateribus_, 6.
qui formantur,
ex _Arena_ & _Luto_,
aquâ intritis
& excoquuntur igne.
Afterwards he plaistereth it
with _Lime_,
by means of a _Trowel_,
and garnisheth with
a _Rough-cast_, 8.
Dein crustat
_Calce_,
ope _Trullæ_, 7.
& vestit _Tectorio_, 8.