Paper.
Papyrus.
[Illustration]
The Ancients used
_Beech-Boards_, 1.
or _Leaves_, 2.
as also _Barks_, 3. of _Trees_;
Veteres utebantur
_Tabulis Faginis_, 1.
aut _Foliis_, 2.
ut & _Libris_, 3. _Arborum_;
especially of an Egyptian Shrub,
which was called _Papyrus_.
præsertim Arbusculæ Ægyptiæ,
cui nomen erat _Papyrus_.
Now _Paper_ is in use
which the _Paper-maker_
maketh in a _Paper-mill_, 4.
Nunc _Charta_ est in usu,
quam _Chattopœus_
in _mola Papyracea_, 4. conficit
of _Linen rags_, 5.
stamped to _Mash_, 6.
which being taken up
in _Frames_, 7.
è _Linteis vetustis_, 5.
in _Pulmentum_ contusis, 6.
quod haustum
_Normulis_, 7.
he spreadeth into _Sheets_, 8.
and setteth them in the Air
that they may be dryed.
diducit in _Plagulas_, 8.
exponitque aëri,
ut siccentur.
Twenty-five of these
make a _Quire_, 9.
twenty Quires a _Ream_, 10.
and ten of these
a _Bale of Paper_, 11.
Harum XXV.
faciunt _Scapum_, 9.
XX. Scapi _Volumen minus_, 10.
horum X.
_Volumen majus_, 11.
That which is to last long
is written on
_Parchment_, 12.
Duraturum diu
scribitur in
_Membrana_, 12.